“Into the Fire”: First published in Men’s Journal, September 1995.
“The Rage of the Squat King”: First published in Best American Sports Writing 2015, New Nowhere 2014.
“Whale Song”: First published in Tricycle, Summer 2011.
“The Beauty That Wills Us On”: First published in Tricycle, Fall 2013.
“Ice Fishing”: First published in Narrative, Stories of the Week 2014– 2015.
“The Hunters”: First published in Virginia Quarterly Review online, July 10, 2010.
“Border Patrol”: First published in Narrative, Winter 2017.
“The Larch”: First published in Orion, September/October 2012.
“Wolf Palette”: First published in Orion, June 2003.
“Whale Shark”: First published in Narrative, Spring 2016.
“Moon Story”: First published in Fortunate Son: Selected Essays of the Lone Star State, 2021.
“The Stamp of the African Elephant”: First published in Tricycle, Winter 2011.
“Hearts and Bones”: First published in Sierra online digital excusive, June 3, 2016.
“Fifteen Dogs”: First published in Narrative, Spring 2019.
“With Every Great Breath”: First published in Whitefish Review, Winter 2012/2013.
“Descent, with Modifications”: First published in Audubon, November–December 2014.
“A Life with Bears”: First published in Narrative, Spring 2020.