Writing Portfolio

On this page, please enjoy a small collection of writing samples, organized by genre, with my favorite examples on the top.  This list is by no means comprehensive.  It serves only as a highlight reel, and hopefully does an accurate job representing my eclectic and broad skill set. 

News / Journalism:

• Harmontown Podcast Is Ending on a High Note 
• A Surjikcal Approach to Style: A Conversation with Umbrella Academy Director Stephen Surjik (Grand Geek Gathering)
• Crying Drunk: A Tale of Spilled Beer 
• Is Trouble Brewing for SoCal’s Small-Batch Kombucha Makers? 
• The Fervor Over Fermented Rice-Wine
• Dog Hoods: The Micro-Industry That's Keeping Traditional Leather-Working Alive
• New Exhibit Traces History of Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica Daily Press) 

Personal essays:

• The Monster in the Back Yard
• What We Gain From Context: The Wicked Witch in Children's Programs

Other Essays:

• Who Was St. Guinefort?
• How Do Magnets Work?
• The Strange History of Anti-Dandruff Shampoo
• Barnum's Forgotten Performers
• The History of the Feather Boa

Entertainment reviews:

• Season One of Umbrella Academy
• The Incredibles II 
• The Final Season of BoJack Horseman 
• The Last of Us / Innocence: A Plague Tale 

Editorials / Op-Eds: 

• Eliminating FAFSA Benefits Students
• Climate Change Is Causing Wildfires

 Scientific, technical:

• Intestinal serotonin and fluoxetine exposure modulate bacterial colonization in the gut.  
• Published in Nature Microbiology 4, 2064–2073 (2019).

Short scary stories (aka, "No Sleep" or "creepypasta"):

• A Short-Cut Home (aka, The Crepe Paper Lady) 
• The Mailbox in the Woods
• Four Shorts
• Cargo Hold

Listicles:

• 15 Pasta Shapes, Ranked
• 16 Comics Overdue for a Screen Adaptation 
• The Five Most Incompetent Characters in the MCU

Unlicensed fiction (short stories and "one-shots"):

• Sealed Records (Iron Man)
• Memories and Melodies (Iron Man)

Unlicensed fiction (novels, novellas):

• Ties That Bind (Umbrella Academy)
• Divergence (Iron Man)