Publications

The following is a list of stories I have published:

"Gullible Gertrude's Garden" -- children's short story, Wee Ones, July/August 2006

"Small Mouse, Big Trouble" -- children's short story, Spider, March 2007

"Fowl Weather" -- children's short story, Happiness, June 2007

"Thanks for Stopping By" -- adult short story, The Nautilus Engine, January 2008

"Conjuring Up Trouble" -- children's short story, Characters, February 2008

"Conjuring Up Trouble" (reprint) -- children's short story, Spaceports and Spidersilk, June 2008

"Scott's Special Zoo" -- children's short story, Stories for Children, September 2008

"Greedy Gary Goat" -- children's short story, Stories That Lift, November 2008

"Conjuring Up Trouble" (reprint) -- children's short story, Stories for Children, January 2009

"Gullible Gertrude's Garden" (reprint) -- children's short story, Stories That Lift, February 2009

"Defect" -- adult short story, The Drabbler, July 2009

"The Blank Page" -- adult short story, Gotham Writers' Workshop Summer 2009 100-Word Writing Contest, July 2009

"Gullible Gertrude's Garden" (reprint) -- children's short story, knowonder! (p. 68), September 2009 (1st place)

"Gary the Greedy Goat" (reprint, originally "Greedy Gary Goat") -- children's short story, knowonder! (p. 65), October 2009 (3rd place)

"Fowl Weather" (reprint) -- children's short story, Stories That Lift, November 2009

"The Dogs Plot Their Revenge" -- children's short story, Abandoned Towers, December 2009

"The Dancing Lights on the Lake" -- children's short story, Stories That Lift, July 2010"

"The Dancing Lights on the Lake" (reprint) -- children's short story, Stories for Children, May 2011

"Defect" (reprint) -- adult short story, The Shine Journal, May 2011

"At the Bottom Rung" -- adult short story, joyful!, March 2012

"Conjuring Up Trouble" (reprint) -- children's short story, Kids'Magination, April 2012

I'm the Small One -- children's fiction book, Reading A-Z, October 2017

"Conjuring Up Trouble" (reprint) -- children's short story, included in The Variety Show (Magic Story Makers' 1st children's anthology), CreateSpace, November 2017

How to Read Scratch Computer Code -- children's nonfiction book, The Child's World, April 2018

I Collect That (co-authored with Elizabeth Jane Pustilnik) -- children's nonfiction book, Reading A-Z, April 2018

Nanotechnology -- children's nonfiction book, Norwood House Press, July 2018

Hobby and Competition Robots -- children's nonfiction book, ABDO Publishing, September 2018

How Coding Works -- children's nonfiction book, Focus Readers, January 2019

Coding Basics -- children's nonfiction book, Focus Readers, January 2019

All About Coding Sequences -- children's nonfiction book, The Child's World, August 2019

All About Coding Selections -- children's nonfiction book, The Child's World, August 2019

"Custard's Last Stand" -- adult short story, 101 Words, November 2019

Artificial Intelligence in the Real World -- children's nonfiction book, Focus Readers, January 2020

"Jennifer's Jealousy" -- children's short story, included in Kaleidoscope for Kids (Magic Story Makers' 2nd children's anthology), Riverside Studios Publishing, July 2022

"Is the Social Media App TikTok Safe for Your Teen?" -- article for parents of teenagers, Your Teen Media, August 2022

"Learning the Language: Do You Know What These Emojis Mean?" - article for parents of teenagers, Verizon (Parenting in the Digital World section), August 2022

"What Is ChatGPT? What Parents Need to Know About This New Popular App" - article for parents of teenagers, Your Teen Media, March 2023

Jobs in Computer Science - children's nonfiction book, Core Library, August 2023

Coding Functions -- children's nonfiction book, ABDO Publishing, December 2023

Coding Loops -- children's nonfiction book, ABDO Publishing, December 2023

Coding Variables -- children's nonfiction book, ABDO Publishing, December 2023

Kansas -- children's nonfiction book, ABDO Publishing, July 2024

Pennsylvania -- children's nonfiction book, ABDO Publishing, July 2024

Artificial Intelligence and the Changing Job Market -- children's nonfiction book, BrightPoint Press, August 2024

I have also done some passage writing for Pearson between October and December 2014 and was a former editor of the online parenting magazine Your Teen.