I graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing degree from the University of Central Florida. I recently attended the 2017 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, where I studied under Lauren Groff. Also, I was one of thirty writers accepted to the 2010 Sirenland Writers Conference, sponsored by One Story magazine, where I studied under Dani Shapiro. I also have an author site dedicated to fiction. You can find it at albamontegene.com.

My short fiction has appeared in the following publications:

THE MINNESOTA REVIEW
"In Which All That Is Familiar Leaves Us" (2020)
Nominated for the Pushcart Prize XLVII.

LITERARY ORPHANS
"Such Alien Shapes Among Us" (Feb 2020 issue)

DECOMP
"Dispatches from Suburbia" (March/April 2018)

CUTBANK
"Remains Of A Fellow Adventurer," Issue 84 (January 2016)

BURROW PRESS REVIEW
"Basil," March 25, 2014

MONKEYBICYCLE
"Guide To Replacing Sex With Yie Ar Kung-Fu," Jan 6, 2014

AMPERSAND REVIEW
"The Jumbo-Tron Cam: A Love Story" - Dec 31, 2012

LIT MAGAZINE
"Santo e Abri" - Winter 2012 issue

MONKEYBICYCLE
"A Writer's How-To Guide"

SOUTHERN INDIANA REVIEW
"Barriere di Lingua" - Spring 2011 issue

THE RATTLING WALL
"Dancing To Bowie" - Issue 2

USED FURNITURE REVIEW
"A Better Place"

FRAGMENTATION + OTHER STORIES (BURROW PRESS STORY ANTHOLOGY)
My short story included in the anthology: "San Sebastiano"

PANK MAGAZINE ("GALLIMAUFRY"—HUMOR COLUMN ON PANK MAGAZINE'S BLOG)

PANK MAGAZINE ("HUCKSTER"—HUMOR COLUMN ABOUT ADVERTISING ON PANK MAGAZINE'S BLOG)

MENDA CITY REVIEW
In His Absence

In 2011, I had a headline published in The Onion. My contribution was included in the recently published "The Onion Magazine: Iconic Covers That transformed an Undeserving World."