Publications

Book

The Binge Watchers Guide to Riverdale. Riverdale Ave Press, 1st ed. 2021; 2nd ed. 2022; 3rd ed. 2023.

Open Educational Resources

The Two-Year College Lit Journal. Lansing Community College, 2025.

Novel Writer’s Handbook: First Steps, Plan the Rest. Lansing Community College, 2022.

Expression & Inquiry. With Christopher Manning and Sally Pierce. Lansing Community College, 2018.

Chapters in Edited Collections

“Caveman for the Win: Power Dynamics and the Bootstrapping Narrative in Rocky.” Eds. Kathy Merlock Jackson and Philip L. Simpson. “All I wanna do is go the distance”: Essays on Rocky as a Cultural Phenomenon. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2025.

“Struggling Against the Tide: Narrative Structure and the Human Connection in Jaws.” Eds. Kathy Merlock Jackson and Philip L. Simpson. “This shark, swallow you whole”: Essays on the Cultural Influence of Jaws. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2022.

“Exclusionary Institutional Structure or Cultural Clash, Why do First and Second Generation Immigrants Dropout?: A Comparison of One Group in Two Different Countries.” Ed. D. Urias. The Immigration & Education Nexus: A Focus on the Context & Consequences of Schooling. Boston: Sense Publishing, 2012.

Essays and Fiction

“I Wanna Be Sedated.” Midwest Weird, 2025.

“Two Ways.” WILDsound Writing Festival, 2025.

“It Really Wasn’t That Bad.” The Word’s Faire, January 2025.

“Writing an Erotic Romance Novel.” Eds. Madison Whatley and Yael Valencia Aldana. The Bimbo Anthology. Coral Gables, Florida: Purple Ink Press, 2024.

Novels, novellas, and short fiction published as Isabelle Drake since 2000.