While You Were in Afghanistan is a collection of emotionally driven poems about the distance between two people during a six month deployment to Afghanistan. Fear, depression, isolation, anger, and frustration-all emotions associated with long military absences-are laid out through 33 poems.

Innuendo encompasses over ten years of poetry and the journey of a young woman writer finding her way through words. This comprehensive collection showcases many traditional forms of poetry, as well as a style particular to the writer. Travel through different worlds, ponder deep questions, mourn the losses, revisit political and human rights issues, and laugh at the blatant innuendos throughout.

Grace Smith thought life would continue in the same circle of monotony it had for the last three years. After the murder of her father, her mother remarried the town's high school principal, a man whose violence is known only to Grace. But the day a family moves in next door will change her world forever. Derio and his Italian family charm the small town, but Grace isn't fooled. Several strange events lead her to believe something paranormal is happening. But he's not a vampire, werewolf, or any other creature Grace can call to mind. To set the record straight before she's labeled crazy...