Essays and Short Fiction
Selected Short Fiction
“Love of Her Life” in Missouri Review (Spring 2022).
“We Are Not Thinking About Ourselves,” in CutBank (Spring, 2022).
“Impact Play,” in Kink, anthology published by Simon & Schuster (February, 2021).
“One More Night Behind the Walls” in Kenyon Review Online (July/August 2020).
“Detonator” in Guernica (May 10, 2019).
"You Have to Continue, You Have to Hurry" in Missouri Review (Winter 2017).
"Pay Attention" in The Paris Review (Winter 2017).
"The House We Stole" in Green Mountains Review (Spring 2016).
"La Boca del Lobo" in Southern Review (Summer 2014).
"We Have Faith That This Will Work Out" in City Arts Magazine (January 2014).
"Safari in the Bayou" in ZYZZYVA (Spring 2013).
"Two Sisters" in Phoebe (Fall 2010).
"Mr. McNamara's Suit" in Seattle Review (Spring 2010).
"A Room on the Eighth Floor" in Conjunctions (Fall 2008).
"Horizon" in Michigan Quarterly Review (Fall 2007). Note: This story also appeared in Best New American Voices 2008, ed. Richard Bausch.
"Barbarians' Fantasies" in Boston Review (March 2007).
Selected ESSays
“Everyone Loves a Metaphor—But What if the Metaphor Doesn’t Love You Back?” in Brevity’s Blog, March 24, 2023.
“Sticking the Landing: 6 tips on writing the end of a short story,” in Writer’s Digest (December 2022). reprinted online HERE.
“Seven Tips to Rev a Stalling Story,” in Writer’s Digest (July 2022).
“Third-Person Limited: Analyzing Fiction's Most Flexible Point of View” in Writer’s Digest (March 2019).
"Feeling Less Alone Through Fiction, Not Facebook" in City Arts (October 2017).
"Letter to a Stranger: Washington, DC" in Off Assignment (December 2016).
"Ye Olde Canterbury" in Seattle Weekly (November 2016).
"The Laughter Club" in The Sun magazine (June 2015).
"Lessons from the Chef" in The Brooklyn Quarterly (Summer 2015).
"Around the Corner" in The Open Bar, Tin House's blog (May 2015).
"Circle Dancing," in Extraordinary Rendition: American Writers on Palestine (published by O/R Books in 2015).
"How I Came to Live in a Chair Emporium" in The New York Times -- Modern Love column (January 2015).
"Life in the Group Room" in The New York Times Magazine -- the Lives column (March 2014).
"A Guide To AWP For People Who Don't Know What AWP Is" in The Stranger (February 2014).
"I'm Not a Hero for Taking Care of my Kids" in Slate (July 2013).
"Northwest Passage" in The Guardian (May 2013).
"Steal my Book" in The Atlantic (November 2012).
"Lessons from a Hustler" in Granta (December 2011).
"How to Sell Furniture to Celebrities" in Salon (December 2011).
“Land of Secrets: Confessions of a Fake Sri Lankan Journalist” in The Atlantic (May 2011).
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, PLEASE SEE PETER'S CV, HERE.