Photo by Robson Hatsukami Morgan on Unsplash Hi friends, several writers and I were invited by the lovely Constance Malloy to contribute 150 words or fewer of comfort and hope for the Winter Solstice. Please do check out her blog and read the wonderful messages and tiny stories from Pat Foran, Audra Kerr Brown, Kathy
Hi friends! It’s been awhile! I hope, as the year draws to a close and we enter into the holiday season, that things are going well for you. LOTS of news, so I’ll just jump in… “The Art of Flash Fiction” is Tops! My November Art of Flash Fiction newsletter, “Chilly Scenes of Flash Fiction:
Many thanks to Tommy Dean and staff at Fractured Literary for reprinting my 2014 story, “Rodney & Chelsea.” This fragmented piece was originally published in Frederick Barthelme’s Blip Magazine, an early iteration of New World Writing. See below for an excerpt (you may read the whole story HERE): Chelsea’s mom believes that life is a
I’m honored and thrilled that my work is featured in the latest Bloomsbury Writer’s Guide, edited by Sean Prentiss and Jessica Hendry Nelson, which will be available later this month. (This is actually my second appearance in the series. I also have a story in Short-Form Creative Writing, edited by H.K. Hummel & Stephanie Lennox.)
Behold this beauty, the Summer, 2021, 50th Anniversary issue of Ploughshares, guest edited by the amazing Aimee Bender! I was traveling with my daughter when my contributor’s copy arrived back home. I couldn’t resist stopping into Downtown Books & News in Asheville, NC, and was delighted to find it on the shelf amongst all the
Photo by Nikolas Noonan on Unsplash This is kind of old news, but I’m testing my new website! I was so excited to see that my flash, “Muriel’s Cyclone,” made the finalist list for Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net. The piece was curated by Tara Masih for Mom Egg Review’s MER VOX folio series.
Two much-needed pieces of good news! My story, “Muriel’s Cyclone,” was nominated for Best of the Net by the editors of Mom Egg Review. This piece was part of a folio of climate change/motherhood flash fiction entitled “Riding the Dangeroouos Wind” curated by Tara L. Masih and includes works by Tara Laskowski, Claudia Smith, Mary
I’m very proud to announce that my flash/essay/hybrid piece, “Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild” is featured in the newest edition of The Norton Reader released today. I find myself in astonishing company, with works by: Claudia Rankine, David Shields, George Orwell, Rebecca Solnit, Roxane Gay, Maya Angelou, Leslie Jamison, Stephen King, David Sedaris,