His stories have appeared in the South Dakota Review, Natural Bridge, 971, Product, New Madrid, Great Weather for Media, Moon City Review, and BorderSenses. His poetry has also appeared in BorderSenses. His story “Papa, Too” was chosen for the Best Small Fictions 2016 anthology, guest edited by Stuart Dybek. He is the fiction editor for riverSedge magazine and is the faculty adviser for Gallery, UTRGV’s student literary arts magazine. He received a PhD from the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi and was raised in the Memphis area, where many of his stories are set. He now lives in McAllen, TX with his family.