Exploring the
interconnectedness of our common life through storytelling and stewardship
Discover my writing
in Flora Fiction, Litro, The Masters Review, an award-winning essay about the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, and a family drama novel-in-stories
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Joseph R. Goodall
Writer, Engineer & Naturalist
Featured Writing
Stories
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'Would They Even Want To?' / Flora Fiction (2022)
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'Raccoon's Eyes' / Litro (2024)
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'Full Immersion' / DeKalb Voices Review (2024)
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'Possessed with Dignity' / Appalachian Places (2025)
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'Body Painter' / French Broads Lit (2026)
Essays
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'How Short Stories Can Teach Us to Be Present' / Elizabeth White Editing (2021)
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'The First Time I Visited' / Decatur Book Festival (2025)
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'Writers on Not Writing: Making Peace with Hobby Overload' / The Masters Review (2025)
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'The Monk and the Butterfly Counter' / Arabia Alliance Field Notes (contest winner - 2026)
Poems
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'Every Day My Community Makes Me' / Lostintheletters (2025)
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'Grant Park in Midwinter' / DeKalb Voices Review (2025)
Follow My Online Nature Journal
Essays, poetry and stories cataloguing my weekly observations along a backyard waterway. Start here for the Introduction.
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This historical fiction family drama, creatively presented as a novel-in-stories, is available now in paperback and eBook formats from online and local book sellers.
