Category: Short Stories
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The Funeral of a Species
This is a piece I published in American Heartland Magazine. If you are interested in more of my work, please go check out our latest issue at americanheartlandmagazine.com Once, not that long ago, nearly one-half of all the wild birds in North America were passenger pigeons. At the moment the first pilgrim’s boots touched the…
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The Back Ditch: Where Anything is Possible
Behind my parents’ house lies a narrow strip of land—a shallow ditch choked with honey locusts and gnarled maple trees, their branches tangled in a chaos of vines, thorny shrubs, and poison ivy. As an adult, it’s easy to see it for what it is: an untended boundary line offering a modest bit of privacy…
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What Are You Supposed To Do In Alaska?
There was a peculiar relief that washed over me as my feet finally found solid ground after a night spent battling the relentless sway of a ship at sea. The firmness beneath my soles offered a strange comfort, a stark contrast to the perpetual motion of the waves. On the open water, I learned to…
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Same Fish, Different Day
A quick disclaimer: I am by no means an expert in spin fishing, fly fishing, or any other kind of fishing, for that matter. However, I have been fishing, in one way or another, my entire life. Mostly, I stick to regular freshwater fishing, which is probably what most people are familiar with. When I…
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From Croatia, to America, and Back
For as long as I can remember, I have always had pride in my Croatian ancestry. I couldn’t tell you why exactly, but I have. I assume part of it is because humans naturally feel pride for where they are from and where their forefathers came from. Still, it felt bigger and more complicated than…
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The Best Burger in the West
Burgers might just be the king of all American food. And yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that they’re originally from Hamburg, Germany—hence the name—but we have taken their original idea and made it our own. We perfected it in a way, so it might as well be ours. And how often is the location of…
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Why I Became a Travel Writer
Being a travel writer is a very specific niche in the writing world. Because of this, I often get the question, “what made you want to do that?” Well, how I was raised, my experiences, the places I went, and where I came from are all intrinsic parts of the answer to that question. I…
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