Published Works
Fiction
A Hunting Story
Published in the Raleigh Review in Spring 2020. Part of the Arcot Island story cycle.
Part of the Arcot Island cycle, this story focuses on David as he has isolated himself from society in order to both save himself and others. His days are filled with a routine, building toward two climatic moments, the latter one involving his interaction and possible reintegration with society. It is clear from the form and plot narrative that this is an ongoing Sisyphian struggle to be repeated again and again.
Part of the Arcot stories, published in 2016, set on Arcot Island, a flash fiction piece about a girl and her dive into her inner world.
Sister Hercules
Published in 2010, ultimately connected to Arcot Island through the character of Brianna, this story looks at the relationship of two sisters, and the power of myths.
How To Lead A Sea Kayaking Trip During A Norte
From the Author's Notes:
Published in 2010, "How to Lead a Sea Kayaking Trip During a Norte" began as a poem, and by the time I realized that it was a story, the second-person voice was so woven into the narrative that it wouldn't be removed. While I guided in Baja, this story is fiction. Except for when it's not."
Published in 2010, "How to Lead a Sea Kayaking Trip During a Norte" began as a poem, and by the time I realized that it was a story, the second-person voice was so woven into the narrative that it wouldn't be removed. While I guided in Baja, this story is fiction. Except for when it's not."
The Islander
Published in 2010, part of "Arcot Island," a collection of inter-connected short stories following boyhood friends David and Roy, along with the lives they touch and affect, in "The Islander," Roy is a closeted gay man working as a prison guard on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, trapped by his past and present.
Poetry
Non-Fiction
The Heifer
Essay published in The Whitefish Review, Volume 23, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2019.
A book review of Binocular Vision. Published in 2011 in Fiction Writers Review.
A look into the revoltion of nature writing. Published in 2010 in Fiction Writers Review.
An interview in 2011 with accomplished poet, author of the book When My Brother Was An Aztec, and good friend, Natalie Diaz. Published in Barely South Review.
Edges
"Edges," is an essay concerning our evolving spiritual and physical relationship with place and was published in the Potomac Review,Issue 44, Fall 2008, and was selected by Robert Atwan as one of the notable essays of 2008 in The Best American Essays 2009 anthology, edited by Mary Oliver.
Books
Sea Kayaking Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay
“The book, in readable, narrative style, consists of the authors’ 30 favorite day paddles. Their nicely chosen list visits virtually all of Maryland’s tidewater counties, with 13 paddles on the western shore and 17 on the Eastern Shore.”
–Tom Horton, The Baltimore Sun, “At the Water’s Edge,” August 29, 2004
Sea Kayaking Virginia
“Here is a well-planned, practical guide to personal adventuring by paddle craft in waters familiar to many of us. Nolan, an Annapolis sea kayaking guide and instructor, has spent a great deal of time venturing into little known niches of the Chesapeake Bay and its labyrinth of ancillary waterways.”
–Paul Sullivan, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA, Saturday, December 2, 2006