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“Kyooghatsee” – Leavings Lit, June 2023

A young Armenian teen rebels against her father and despicable stepmother, upending the sacredness of Christmas with an ultimate act of defiance. 

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“The Piano” – Lighthouse Weekly, February 2022
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A destructive relationship between a mother and daughter escalates after the death of her stepfather. 

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“The Letting Go” – HyeBred Magazine, October 2021 (page 28)

Three sisters come together for a birthday celebration, testing buried tension from their past.

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“Where the Wind Howls” – The MacGuffin, Spring 2017

In the midst of a troubled relationship with her live-in boyfriend, a young woman grieves the loss of her father while living in his childhood home.

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“Afterlife” – Per Contra, Fall 2014

After the death of her father, a young woman is forced to deal with her two estranged sisters and her mother’s contention. 

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“For the Good of the Whole” – Theurgy Magazine, January 2013

A dystopian story that examines the plight of teachers and students in the hands of a bureaucratic educational system.

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“A Different Street” – Exterminating Angel, April 2013

A coming-of-age story about a young girl who spends a summer with her favorite aunt in Rhode Island.

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“Wind and Glass Behind Us” – Bleeding Heart Publications (Transfusion Issue), October 2013

A married couple goes away for the weekend in hopes of reviving their failing marriage.

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“The Festering” – Sucker Lit, February 2012

Betrayed by her best friend, an angst-ridden teen who writes secret letters to those she hates and loves, contends with her enemy at a party.

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“A Passing Season” – Niche Magazine, September 2012

A young girl suffers the sudden death of her brother and realizes the circumstances of his death.

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“The Weight of Emptiness” – Halfway Up the Stairs, December 2011

Married with children, a young man contacts a woman he met at a party ten years ago and waits for her at a bar, where he reminisces about their evening together.

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“The Darkness of North” – Waccamaw Journal, Spring 2011

A teen boy goes on a trip with his estranged father and experiences the complexities of paternal love.

“To Be Home Again” – Assisi Journal, March 2011

Young Emily witnesses her mother’s nervous breakdown and turns to her piano teacher, Ruth, to make sense of her mother’s disappearance.

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“Almost There” – Halfway Up the Stairs, March 2010 

A young woman reconnects with a man she met at a party ten years ago, and sets out on a long drive to meet him.

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“Red Riding Hood” – Memewar, December 2010

A modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, this is a bedtime story for both boys and girls.

NON-FICTION.

“No Summer of Love” Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers, Spring 2026

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“Elegy of Aris Sevag: Editor and Translator of the Armenian People” – Armenian Mirror-Spectator (editorial), May 2023

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“On Being Armenian” – Growing Up in an Immigrant Household: Essays by Descendants of Immigrants (Anthology), Spring 2023

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“How I Learned to Love My Mother” – Phoebe Literary, Spring 2023

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“Zilelian from Zile” – American Armenia, March 2022

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“The Love You Can’t Give” – Herstory, May 2020

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“A Slow Thawing” – West Texas Literary Review, Fall 2018 (page 51)

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“Toni with an ‘i’” – Red Fez Journal, February 2012

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“Liar, Liar” Lowestoft Chronicles, Fall 2010

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“In My Innocence” – The Fertile Source, July 2010

“The Cold War” – Wilderness House Literary Review, Fall 2009

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“What I Can Tell”

SNR Review, Fall 2009

Panik: Life Anthology About Life Altering Experiences (Anthology), February 2012

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POETRY

“Arakel, 1979” West Trade Review, Spring 2026

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“Happy” Vagabond City, Fall 2025

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“Thank you, Shahe for making me cry” Midway Journal, Fall 2025

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“My daughter asks, Do I check off the ‘other’ box if Daddy is white?” – Winter in America (again) Anthology, January 2025

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“I Will Leave You With This” – Thimble Lit, December 2024

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“The Escape Artist” – Sand Hills, Winter 2024

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“Arshile” – Ekphrastic Review, April 2022

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