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Work In Progress
The Book of Revelation(s)
A novel
A boy-crazy teen tries to seduce her Bible Study teacher while her worry-plagued mother fights to save the commune where they live. But the twist? The Bible Study teacher is undercover for the FBI.
Told with humor, heat, and psychological precision, The Book of Revelation(s) tells the story of three people living in a liberal, Christian commune in 1981: a boy-crazy teenager, her worry-wracked mother, and an Evangelical Christian working undercover for the F.B.I. The novel explores the tension between privacy and secrecy, confidence and self-delusion, compromise and self-sacrifice. Set amid the rise of the conservative right, the birth of the Sanctuary movement, and the screwball energy of 1980s pop culture, it examines a moment in history that speaks directly to social and personal conflicts today.
Status:
Seeking representation
Domestic Terror
A novella
Some people live to get canceled. That’s another good thing for Karen to complain about.
Domestic Terror is a biting, darkly funny look at elitist liberal culture and the consequences of passive aggression. A satire of modern anxiety and the need to be right at all costs.
Status:
In progress
Striker
Linked stories
A smart girl makes every possible mistake more than once.
In this collection of linked stories, dubiously self-aware girls and women explore the line between stupid risk-taking and the far edge of growth, mostly in a sexual way.
Status:
In revision (three stories already published)
Common Place
Literary nonfiction
The true story of eight families who lived together for fifty years.
Part memoir, part cultural history, Common Place examines the experiment of communal living, including its ideals, regrets, and enduring emotional bonds. Heather’s most personal work to date, it traces what happens when reality walks in on utopia in the bathroom.
Status:
In progress