The first example of my writing is a non-fiction essay that I wrote. One of the highlights of this project was visiting the National Security Archives in Washington, DC, and reviewing boxes of material regarding Abel Archer 83, a NATO war exercise that took place in 1983, which almost triggered a nuclear war. Included in these boxes were documents from the White House, the CIA, and other government agencies regarding the incident. Some of these documents remained redacted, and information was hidden from the public for years. I also enjoyed interviewing Nate Jones, author of the most detailed book on the topic, Abel Archer 83, and Director of the Freedom of Information Project at the National Security Archives.

Another example of my writing is this fiction piece I wrote in my sophomore year of college. This was written during a course I took that inspired me to evolve as a writer and break out of the shell I was put in during my formative years in high school. I had never written or even dreamed of writing any kind of horror stories. In fact, that wasn’t even my goal when writing this specific story; I was originally planning on writing a story that showcased how anxiety and depression can be dealt with. By remaining calm and allowing things that scare you to wash over you, you master those things and prevent them from hurting you. In writing this analogy of weathering a monsoon by standing in it, I suddenly found myself at a crossroads. I could continue with this narrative and end a rather short story, or I could go an entirely different direction. In an instant, something had seemed to grab my hand, and I was suddenly writing within a brand-new genre for me, horror.

Writing poetry has always been a passion of mine. Below is a final project I submitted for a course at Hampshire College. It contains a series of poems I wrote over a semester-long duration.