Story Collection: Flight and Other Stories. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2001. ![]() Recognitions for Flight: Finalist, Western States Book Award for Fiction, Western States Arts Federation, 2002. Finalist, Steven Turner Award, Texas Institute of Arts and Letters, 2002. Second Place, Mariposa Award for Best First Book, Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2002. Discover Great New Writers at Barnes & Noble selection, 2001. Editors’ Choice, Best Adult Books for Young Adults, Booklist, American Library Association, 2001. Short Fiction in Anthologies: “Sus Canciones.” In Antología Canicular, ed. Salvador Duarte and E. Peter Browne. McAllen: Editora Campamocha, 2009 “All about Balls.” In Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene and Todd James Pierce. New York: Akashic Books, 2008 “Naked City.” In In the Shadow of the Strip: Las Vegas Stories, ed. Richard Logsdon, Todd Moffett and Tina D. Eliopulos. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2003 ![]() |
Short Fiction in Journals:"Looking Out". Solstice Literary Magazine (Fall/Winter 2012): “Plots.” The Florida Review 36.1 (Summer 2011) "Tequila." Dark Sky Magazine (March 2011): http://darkskymagazine.com/magazine/ "The Edge." Solstice Literary Magazine (summer 2010): http://solsticelitmag.org/.
“Clean.” Boulevard 65 (spring 2007). “The Pedant.” BorderSenses XII (winter 2006) “Judge, Your Honor, Sir.” Red Rock Review 19 (fall 2006) “Crypto.” Other Voices 44 (spring/summer 2006) “Counting Coup.” Clackamas Literary Review Vol. X (2006) “The Extra.” Third Coast 21 (fall 2005) “Their Songs.” BorderSenses 10 (fall 2005)
“Book of Dreams.” BorderSenses 8 (fall 2004) “Every Head’s a World.” Blue Mesa Review 14 (2002) “Age of Copper.” Witness 15.1 (2001) “Careful.” Boulevard 31.1-2 (fall 2000) “Backing Up.” Colorado Review 27.2 (summer 2000) “Cop.” Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingüe 25.2 (May-August 2000) “Mentor.” Red Rock Review 1.5 (winter 1999) “Weeds.” Western Humanities Review 52.2 (summer 1998) “Hands.” Blue Mesa Review 10 (1998) “Lockjaw.” Quarterly West 45 (autumn-winter 1997-98) “Winner’s Circle.” Albuquerque Alibi 6.25 (June 1997) “Archangela’s Place.” Blue Mesa Review 8 (1996) “Cargo.” The Panhandler 31 (1995) “Flight.” Saguaro 6 (1996) “Tetanus Case.” New Frontiers of New Mexico 2.3 (summer 1995) “Families.” Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingüe 20.1 (January-April 1995) "Pickup." Descant 34.1 (1995) "Cosas, Inc." Blue Mesa Review 7 (1995) “Spring.” Saguaro 9 (1994). Reprinted in translation into Spanish in Tameme: New Literature of North America/Nueva Literatura de Norteamérica 3 (2003) “Boxed in by Borges.” Coe Review 25th Anniversary Special Experimental Issue (1996) |

