I’m thrilled that my short story “Pretending Not to Know” was included in the anthology Where It Hurts: Dispatches from the Emotional Frontlines of Medicine, published by The Experiment in March 2026.
The story is highlighted on the publisher’s website:
“By turns conversational, spare, urgent, poetic, plain-spoken, heart-rending, and heart-mending, each piece offers a glimpse into the extraordinary daily realities of those charged with taking care of us at our most vulnerable.
A doctor shares the do-or-die pep talk she gives herself while performing a life-saving procedure.
A nurse wrestles with caring for a woman accused of murder.
A neurologist recalls how learning the art of pole dancing helped her through residency.
A GI fellow serves us an unorthodox “cure” for an ER regular with a dangerous love for fajitas.
A surgeon-poet imagines inviting Death over for tea.
Anger, shame, panic, loneliness, love, hate, wonder, joy: They’re all part of a day’s work. As the authors of each piece unpack the highs and lows of their vocation, they teach us what it means to empathize deeply, to live fully, and to be human.”
You can purchase a copy of the book here:
Where It Hurts: Dispatches from the Emotional Frontlines of Medicine
