"1987: Miami Sound Machine, Let It Loose," 68to05
"NBA Jam: Book Review," Under Review
"You Have Always Been In The Boyfriend Village (w/ Tasha Coryell)," Black Warrior Review
"The Loco-Motion," March Badness
"Tune Into The Miz’s New Reality Show, Immediately Following Monday Night Raw," Under Review
“My Mother Still Asks About The Undertaker,” Waxwing
“Upon Seeing Shinsuke Nakamura in Waffle House One Night,” Juxtaprose
"The Death of a Spectacle," Gay Magazine
“The Birth of Soul,” The RS 500
“Coaching in the Classroom: What Nick Saban Has Taught Me About Pedagogy,” Inside HigherEd
“Late Registration,” The RS 500
“The Rock Covers Up His Brahma Bull Tattoo,” The New Limestone Review
“Everyone Has A Macho Man Randy Savage Impersonation,” Fanzine
“Paul, The Apostle, The Giant,” The Hunger
“Round and Round,” March Shredness
“We Race American,” Lunch Ticket
“Captain Fantastic and the Red Dirt Cowboy,” The RS 500
“Brock Lesnar and the Woman I Am About To Marry Are Both Billed from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota,” The Collagist
“Tables, Ladders, Chairs,” Big Muddy
“There Will Be No Mention of _________’s Name Tonight,” FANZINE
“Natalie Imbruglia – Torn,” March Fadness
“Dionne Farris – I Know,” March Fadness
“Stone Cold Steve Austin Cannot Be Forgotten,” Phoebe
“The WWE Hall of Fame Does Not Exist,” The Rumpus
“Eulogy for Kayfabe,” Barrelhouse
“Every Story Begins With A Story You Already Know,” Fairy Tale Review
“Janet Jackson, Velvet Rope,” The RS500
“Ric Flair Has More Cars Than You Have Friends,” The Pinch
“Here’s Why The Krispy Kreme Challenge is a Race I Was Born To Run,” Runner’s World
“John Cena is the Only Thing That is Left Here,” Cartridge Lit
“Kanye West, All of the Lights,” The Cupboard
“Doubling Back,” Queen Mobs Tea House
"Kilometer Zero," The Collapsar
“Madonna, Ray of Light (1998),” The RS500
“Stop Running,” Another Chicago Magazine
“nestor.exe,” Hayden’s Ferry Review
“San Antonio Spurs,” CartridgeLit
“Detroit Pistons & The Basketball Courts of My Youth,” Pinball
“Kilometer Zero,” Threadcount Magazine
“Philadelphia 76ers,” Miracle Monocle
A Review of W. Todd Kaneko's The Dead Wrestler Elegies, DIAGRAM
"On Dressing Up as Goldust for Halloween," Cease, Cows
"Kilometer Zero," Denver Quarterly
Milwaukee Bucks," The Mondegreen
Orlando Magic, Everyday Genius
Sacramento Kings, Stirring Journal
"Utah Jazz," Thumbnail
"New York Knicks," Midway Journal
Washington Bullets, The Destroyer
New Jersey Nets, & Los Angeles Lakers, The Toast
"The Eighth Wonder of the World Visits the First Wonder of the World," NANOfiction
A Ride to Bucharest in Mihai's Skoda, SunDog Lit
Crazy in Love, & Fated to Pretend, IDK Magazine
Sandstorm, & Don't Turn Around, Tagvverk Journal
Hulk Hogan Comes to Tuscaloosa, Black Sun Lit
The Ultimate Warrior Believes in Nothing But Forever, Bending Genre
Blaster Master, Minnesota Review
The Princess, The Stranger, and The Suspension of Disbelief, Rappahannock Review
Living Inside and Outside Jason Rohrer's Passage, Music & Literature
Super Mario Bros. 2, Revolution House
notresponding, Seneca Review
Yokozuna & the Calling of Names That Aren't Our Own, Booth
Bret Hart & the Finished Dungeons of My Youth, Rappahannock Review
Owen Hart & the Finite Life of Ropes, The Economy
Mr. Perfect Dying Alone in a Hotel Room, This New Burial / Big Lucks
Vince McMahon and the Tending of the Flock, A Book of Uncommon Prayer / storySouth
The Auca & The Cartoons of Catalunya, Bright Stupid Confetti
Heel Dynamics in Physical Fitness: Why DDP Yoga Makes Me Feel Like a Terrible Person, Cartel
Razor Ramon Enters the Ring for the First Time and the Last Time, Mojo
The World's Strongest Man is the World's Strongest Man, MonkeyBicycle
Kid Icarus, BULL: Fiction For Men
An Interview with Brian Oliu, Brevity
Teenage Dream, & Bulletproof, Ghost Proposal
Tecmo Super Bowl, Similar Peaks
Chris Jericho & How The World Ends, TriQuarterly
Triple H and Why There Are Fights In Lockerrooms, Matchbook
Shadowgate, New South
London Bridge, Birthday Cake, Better Magazine
Heartbreak, Or How I Felt When Shawn Michaels Threw His Best Friend Through A Window, Banango Lit
All of the Lights (5:00), #GOODLitSwerveAutumn
One Hit Wonder Cycle: What Carly Rae Jepsen Taught Me About Love, Loss, & Love Again, Cartel
Friday the 13th, Los Angeles Review
Big Bad Wolf (4:53), (Short) Fiction Collective
The Many Kinds of Sleep: A Review of Sarah Goldstein's Fables, Specter Magazine
To See For One's Self: Thoughts on the Lyric Essay, Specter Magazine
What A Discouraging Voice To Be Heard (4:13), HOUSEFIRE
Albums of Our Lives: The-Dream's Love vs. Money, The Rumpus
Robyn - Hang With Me (4:20), Let's Hang
Final Boss, & Save Point: Hot Springs, DIAGRAM
Hudson, Three Truths
Boss Battle: The One With The Long Neck, elimae
Tuscaloosa Missed Connections 11 & 33, Unswept
Tuscaloosa Missed Connection #37, Ships That Pass
Cumberland, Peripheral Surveys
Boss Battle: My Brother Who Controls The Weather, RealPoetik
Burlington, Shelflife Magazine
Maniac Mansion, Tongue
Flowers, Plants, Vines, (with Aubrey Hirsch) Zine-Scene/The Reprint
Maniac Mansion: A Walkthrough, Flying House
Proleg/Prologue, Connotation Press
Donkey Kong, Puerto del Sol
Tuscaloosa Missed Connections 25 & 29, Connotation Press
Tuscaloosa Missed Connection #23, Flywheel
Boss: A Woman Made of Feathers, Housefire
Ghosts ˜N Goblins, Corium Magazine
RBI Baseball, Fairy Tale Review
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #27, Stoked Journal
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #9, NANO Fiction
The Book of the Dead, OH NO
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #41, >kill author
Selections from Have Fun In Romania, a collaboration w/ Jeremy Hawkins, Super Arrow
hermes.exe, Metazen Christmas Charity E-Book 2010
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connections 31 & 35, Wigleaf
Wizards & Warriors, Bluestem Magazine
Balloon Fight, Parcel Magazine
someone.exe, Used Furniture Review
Metroid, Ghost Town
Ninja Gaiden I, II & III, Hobart
Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary, On Earth As it Is
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #21, Abjective
Contra, The Borderlands
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #7, Everyday Genius
Adventure Island, (Meta)Writing in (Non)Fiction
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connections 1, 3, & 5 Artifice Magazine
Double Dribble, Sonora Review
Siren Suite, Uncanny Valley
Super Mario Bros, Hobart
Super Mario Bros 3, Hotel Amerika
No Parasol Stars (Bubble Bobble), Caketrain 08
O Self-Extracting Executable, PANK Magazine
A Day For Songs and Contests, Illustrated Quarterly
Virus Definition 1, DoubleShiny
Bright-Eyed Pallas Gaga: Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, and Crafts, Gaga Stigmata
The Futility of the New York Mets: A Mixtape, Stymie Magazine
c:\run iliad.exe, Dislocate
Zelda Revisited, WebConjunctions
We Reach An Abandoned Village, Close To The End, Cellar Door
Book Two: Lost at Sea, Arch 3
c:\run thelxiope.exe, Bat City Review 6
Simon's Quest, The Collagist November 2009
c:\run laestrygonians.exe, 42opus
Before We Begin, You Must Be This Tall To Ride
Ms. Pac Man Strategy/Pattern Guide, Beeswax 6
Lighter Than Air, (with Michael Martone)
The Beautiful Game, Thieves Jargon 187
Oliupo, American, British, Canadian Studies 11
siren(1).exe, Ninth Letter 6.1
In Which I Replicate Malaysian Commerce, Lamination Colony Winter 08
charybdis.exe, 3:AM Magazine, Fall 2008
C:\run penelope.exe,DIAGRAM 8.4
Exception Handling, The Southeast Review 26.2
Charles Babbage's Black Book parsed via Brian Oliu, New Ohio Review 2
Anti-Aliasing, Swink Magazine 4
Who is Brian Oliu? A Game of Mystery, Jack Magazine 3.2
ANTHOLOGIES
"Contra," The Borderlands
Adventure Island, (Meta)Writing in (Non)Fiction
C:\ping scopuli.com, 30>30 Starcherone Books, 2011
Anti-Aliasing, W.W. Norton Best Creative Nonfiction Vol. 2 edited by Lee Gutkind
C:\run penelope.exe, Best American Essays 2009 Notable Essay
"Friday the 13th," Best American Essays 2013 Notable Essay
SERIES
The Tuscaloosa Bearometer, Wish I Were At Egan's
E-Mails to the University of Alabama Flag-Football League, McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Contributor, HTMLGIANT
AWP LIVEBLOG
FLIPCOLLECTIVE
I Am Watching Your Life Unravel On Facebook
Bright-Eyed Pallas Gaga: Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, and Crafts
Escape From Yogurt Mountain
Hell is Tuscaloosa
Football Wonderland and The End of the World
Football and the Vampire Weekend
The Writing Room (a collaboration with Tara Goedjen)
Orobourously Delicious: The Creepiness of Southern Barbecue
Writing The I (a collaboration with Tara Goedjen)
The Most Beautiful House In America
The New Ice Age, or, Les Jeux Sont Faits, Bro
Flag-Football & The Flag-Football Narrative
The Spin Class And Other Egocentricities
You Can Never Go Home Again, But You Can Look Homeward, Angel
Kanye West and Our Days of Magical Thinking
The Cupcake Autonomy and the End of Days
"Tune Into The Miz’s New Reality Show, Immediately Following Monday Night Raw," Under Review
“My Mother Still Asks About The Undertaker,” Waxwing
“Upon Seeing Shinsuke Nakamura in Waffle House One Night,” Juxtaprose
"The Death of a Spectacle," Gay Magazine
“The Birth of Soul,” The RS 500
“Coaching in the Classroom: What Nick Saban Has Taught Me About Pedagogy,” Inside HigherEd
“Late Registration,” The RS 500
“The Rock Covers Up His Brahma Bull Tattoo,” The New Limestone Review
“Everyone Has A Macho Man Randy Savage Impersonation,” Fanzine
“Paul, The Apostle, The Giant,” The Hunger
“Round and Round,” March Shredness
“We Race American,” Lunch Ticket
“Captain Fantastic and the Red Dirt Cowboy,” The RS 500
“Brock Lesnar and the Woman I Am About To Marry Are Both Billed from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota,” The Collagist
“Tables, Ladders, Chairs,” Big Muddy
“There Will Be No Mention of _________’s Name Tonight,” FANZINE
“Natalie Imbruglia – Torn,” March Fadness
“Dionne Farris – I Know,” March Fadness
“Stone Cold Steve Austin Cannot Be Forgotten,” Phoebe
“The WWE Hall of Fame Does Not Exist,” The Rumpus
“Eulogy for Kayfabe,” Barrelhouse
“Every Story Begins With A Story You Already Know,” Fairy Tale Review
“Janet Jackson, Velvet Rope,” The RS500
“Ric Flair Has More Cars Than You Have Friends,” The Pinch
“Here’s Why The Krispy Kreme Challenge is a Race I Was Born To Run,” Runner’s World
“John Cena is the Only Thing That is Left Here,” Cartridge Lit
“Kanye West, All of the Lights,” The Cupboard
“Doubling Back,” Queen Mobs Tea House
"Kilometer Zero," The Collapsar
“Madonna, Ray of Light (1998),” The RS500
“Stop Running,” Another Chicago Magazine
“nestor.exe,” Hayden’s Ferry Review
“San Antonio Spurs,” CartridgeLit
“Detroit Pistons & The Basketball Courts of My Youth,” Pinball
“Kilometer Zero,” Threadcount Magazine
“Philadelphia 76ers,” Miracle Monocle
A Review of W. Todd Kaneko's The Dead Wrestler Elegies, DIAGRAM
"On Dressing Up as Goldust for Halloween," Cease, Cows
"Kilometer Zero," Denver Quarterly
Milwaukee Bucks," The Mondegreen
Orlando Magic, Everyday Genius
Sacramento Kings, Stirring Journal
"Utah Jazz," Thumbnail
"New York Knicks," Midway Journal
Washington Bullets, The Destroyer
New Jersey Nets, & Los Angeles Lakers, The Toast
"The Eighth Wonder of the World Visits the First Wonder of the World," NANOfiction
A Ride to Bucharest in Mihai's Skoda, SunDog Lit
Crazy in Love, & Fated to Pretend, IDK Magazine
Sandstorm, & Don't Turn Around, Tagvverk Journal
Hulk Hogan Comes to Tuscaloosa, Black Sun Lit
The Ultimate Warrior Believes in Nothing But Forever, Bending Genre
Blaster Master, Minnesota Review
The Princess, The Stranger, and The Suspension of Disbelief, Rappahannock Review
Living Inside and Outside Jason Rohrer's Passage, Music & Literature
Super Mario Bros. 2, Revolution House
notresponding, Seneca Review
Yokozuna & the Calling of Names That Aren't Our Own, Booth
Bret Hart & the Finished Dungeons of My Youth, Rappahannock Review
Owen Hart & the Finite Life of Ropes, The Economy
Mr. Perfect Dying Alone in a Hotel Room, This New Burial / Big Lucks
Vince McMahon and the Tending of the Flock, A Book of Uncommon Prayer / storySouth
The Auca & The Cartoons of Catalunya, Bright Stupid Confetti
Heel Dynamics in Physical Fitness: Why DDP Yoga Makes Me Feel Like a Terrible Person, Cartel
Razor Ramon Enters the Ring for the First Time and the Last Time, Mojo
The World's Strongest Man is the World's Strongest Man, MonkeyBicycle
Kid Icarus, BULL: Fiction For Men
An Interview with Brian Oliu, Brevity
Teenage Dream, & Bulletproof, Ghost Proposal
Tecmo Super Bowl, Similar Peaks
Chris Jericho & How The World Ends, TriQuarterly
Triple H and Why There Are Fights In Lockerrooms, Matchbook
Shadowgate, New South
London Bridge, Birthday Cake, Better Magazine
Heartbreak, Or How I Felt When Shawn Michaels Threw His Best Friend Through A Window, Banango Lit
All of the Lights (5:00), #GOODLitSwerveAutumn
One Hit Wonder Cycle: What Carly Rae Jepsen Taught Me About Love, Loss, & Love Again, Cartel
Friday the 13th, Los Angeles Review
Big Bad Wolf (4:53), (Short) Fiction Collective
The Many Kinds of Sleep: A Review of Sarah Goldstein's Fables, Specter Magazine
To See For One's Self: Thoughts on the Lyric Essay, Specter Magazine
What A Discouraging Voice To Be Heard (4:13), HOUSEFIRE
Albums of Our Lives: The-Dream's Love vs. Money, The Rumpus
Robyn - Hang With Me (4:20), Let's Hang
Final Boss, & Save Point: Hot Springs, DIAGRAM
Hudson, Three Truths
Boss Battle: The One With The Long Neck, elimae
Tuscaloosa Missed Connections 11 & 33, Unswept
Tuscaloosa Missed Connection #37, Ships That Pass
Cumberland, Peripheral Surveys
Boss Battle: My Brother Who Controls The Weather, RealPoetik
Burlington, Shelflife Magazine
Maniac Mansion, Tongue
Flowers, Plants, Vines, (with Aubrey Hirsch) Zine-Scene/The Reprint
Maniac Mansion: A Walkthrough, Flying House
Proleg/Prologue, Connotation Press
Donkey Kong, Puerto del Sol
Tuscaloosa Missed Connections 25 & 29, Connotation Press
Tuscaloosa Missed Connection #23, Flywheel
Boss: A Woman Made of Feathers, Housefire
Ghosts ˜N Goblins, Corium Magazine
RBI Baseball, Fairy Tale Review
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #27, Stoked Journal
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #9, NANO Fiction
The Book of the Dead, OH NO
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #41, >kill author
Selections from Have Fun In Romania, a collaboration w/ Jeremy Hawkins, Super Arrow
hermes.exe, Metazen Christmas Charity E-Book 2010
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connections 31 & 35, Wigleaf
Wizards & Warriors, Bluestem Magazine
Balloon Fight, Parcel Magazine
someone.exe, Used Furniture Review
Metroid, Ghost Town
Ninja Gaiden I, II & III, Hobart
Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary, On Earth As it Is
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #21, Abjective
Contra, The Borderlands
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connection #7, Everyday Genius
Adventure Island, (Meta)Writing in (Non)Fiction
Tuscaloosa Craigslist Missed Connections 1, 3, & 5 Artifice Magazine
Double Dribble, Sonora Review
Siren Suite, Uncanny Valley
Super Mario Bros, Hobart
Super Mario Bros 3, Hotel Amerika
No Parasol Stars (Bubble Bobble), Caketrain 08
O Self-Extracting Executable, PANK Magazine
A Day For Songs and Contests, Illustrated Quarterly
Virus Definition 1, DoubleShiny
Bright-Eyed Pallas Gaga: Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, and Crafts, Gaga Stigmata
The Futility of the New York Mets: A Mixtape, Stymie Magazine
c:\run iliad.exe, Dislocate
Zelda Revisited, WebConjunctions
We Reach An Abandoned Village, Close To The End, Cellar Door
Book Two: Lost at Sea, Arch 3
c:\run thelxiope.exe, Bat City Review 6
Simon's Quest, The Collagist November 2009
c:\run laestrygonians.exe, 42opus
Before We Begin, You Must Be This Tall To Ride
Ms. Pac Man Strategy/Pattern Guide, Beeswax 6
Lighter Than Air, (with Michael Martone)
The Beautiful Game, Thieves Jargon 187
Oliupo, American, British, Canadian Studies 11
siren(1).exe, Ninth Letter 6.1
In Which I Replicate Malaysian Commerce, Lamination Colony Winter 08
charybdis.exe, 3:AM Magazine, Fall 2008
C:\run penelope.exe,DIAGRAM 8.4
Exception Handling, The Southeast Review 26.2
Charles Babbage's Black Book parsed via Brian Oliu, New Ohio Review 2
Anti-Aliasing, Swink Magazine 4
Who is Brian Oliu? A Game of Mystery, Jack Magazine 3.2
ANTHOLOGIES
"Contra," The Borderlands
Adventure Island, (Meta)Writing in (Non)Fiction
C:\ping scopuli.com, 30>30 Starcherone Books, 2011
Anti-Aliasing, W.W. Norton Best Creative Nonfiction Vol. 2 edited by Lee Gutkind
C:\run penelope.exe, Best American Essays 2009 Notable Essay
"Friday the 13th," Best American Essays 2013 Notable Essay
SERIES
The Tuscaloosa Bearometer, Wish I Were At Egan's
E-Mails to the University of Alabama Flag-Football League, McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Contributor, HTMLGIANT
AWP LIVEBLOG
FLIPCOLLECTIVE
I Am Watching Your Life Unravel On Facebook
Bright-Eyed Pallas Gaga: Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, and Crafts
Escape From Yogurt Mountain
Hell is Tuscaloosa
Football Wonderland and The End of the World
Football and the Vampire Weekend
The Writing Room (a collaboration with Tara Goedjen)
Orobourously Delicious: The Creepiness of Southern Barbecue
Writing The I (a collaboration with Tara Goedjen)
The Most Beautiful House In America
The New Ice Age, or, Les Jeux Sont Faits, Bro
Flag-Football & The Flag-Football Narrative
The Spin Class And Other Egocentricities
You Can Never Go Home Again, But You Can Look Homeward, Angel
Kanye West and Our Days of Magical Thinking
The Cupcake Autonomy and the End of Days