Novel excerpt at Carmalarky

Short story collection

A guidebook describing two thru hikes across Olympic National Park as well as numerous shorter routes. The book also includes information on the geology and culture of the Olympic Peninsula. Available for purchase from the AdventureNerds.com site.

Perfect by Doug Emory

Kay Snow Award Winner in Creative Non-fiction, 2025

Creative Non-fiction in Hope Among the Storm anthology, published by Three Ravens Publishing

I can claim a history with Gray Wolf Ridge. Twenty years ago, fresh on my moving to the Pacific Northwest, I set the goal of a full Gray Wolf run – three peaks to bag and a double-digit mile loop hike to complete – only to be ignominiously bogged down in thigh-deep June snow and chased off by a b...

Article in The Love Book Anthology

Article in Still Point Arts Quarterly

Short fiction in the Stories that Need to be Told 2023 anthology

Short fiction in Isele Magazine TABLE OF CONTENTS Fiction Home Dance | Doug Emory Montell Fish | Kina Indongo Contractions | Maureen D. Hall Brave the Elements | Orit Yeret Renovating Althea | Tremain Xenos and Richard Alured T…

"Irresponsible", a short story included in the Nivallis 2022 anthology

Out in nature, seeing things that aren’t there is more common than you might imagine

I will wager Sir Isaac Newton wasn’t a climber, but mountaineers do share bonds with the great mathematician and physicist. For instance, he discovered gravity, a topic of extreme interest to those of us hoping to avoid its effects. We also share a

Chris, Randy and I sat at a local brewery, a map of Olympic National Park spread across the table. We had climbed in the Olympics for decades, but now we wer...

As I climbed the steps to Wayne’s condo, I expected him to be thrilled at my news. Wayne was an experienced Boulder climber, and here, on this momentous June day, I’d decided fate intended me to become a mountaineer. My new goal was one my friend

I quoted Tennyson, “My mariners…you and I are old,” when I proposed the Olympic Crossing to my friends. Quoting Tennyson was standard for me, but proposing a mere hike was not. We were climbers. For t

Educational Research Article

Research Article in the anthology, Exploring the Collective Unconscious in the Age of Digital Media, ed. Stephen Brock Schafer