Fiction

Children’s fiction

Wendell Makes a Miracle. Magic Lark, March 2004

Kwanza – A Celebration of Firsts. Magic Lark, December 2003

Adult Fiction

A Hundred and a Handful, Writing in a Woman’s Voice, July 2024
Strays, Blink-Ink, December 2023
Here, Ponder Savant. June 2020
If You Loan a Drunk Five Dollars, Event Horizon, March 2018
Sugoi, 50 Word Stories, January 2018
All the Flies You Can Eat, The Wild Word, In Winter, 2018

Seduced, 7 by 20, October 2017

Leaving Rehab, Postcard Poems and Prose, November 2015

Couple, A Quiet Courage, September 2015

What You Did to This Family, Change Seven Magazine, Issue 1.2. June 2015

Watson’s Girl, Miracle Monocle, Issue Seven, Spring 2015

Longing. Thrice Fiction 13, 2015

Shelter. Journal of Microliterature, January 25, 2015

The Moment You’d Go Back To, The Casserole, August 2014

Turning Down His Proposal, Static Movement, July 2013

The Note on Mother’s Door, Static Movement, July 2013

Lovers & Friends, One Forty Fiction (@onefortyfiction), May 2013

The Truth About the Shoes, 7 x 20 (@7×20), March 2013

Why She Finally Left, 7 x 20 (@7×20), February 2013

You Can’t Decide Which, Literary Orphans, “Satchmo Issue,” February 2013

Called, Static Movement, February 2013

Accolades, Postcard Shorts, November 2012

Deduction, One Forty Fiction, November 2012

Taking Shape, Liquid Imagination, Issue 12, February 2012

Sometimes (reprint), Camroc Press Review, August 2011

Obsidian (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), April 2011

Release, Flashshot, March 2011

Evan’s Wife (reprint), Long Story Short, February 2011

After Hours (reprint),  7 x 20 (@7 x 20), January 2011

Home On Sunday Morning (reprint), Camroc Press Review, December 2010

Figures (reprint), Cave Scribbles, November 2010

Rebirth (reprint) in The Fringe Magazine, November 2010

Los Prisoneros Pequenos (reprint), Linnet’s Wings, Autumn 2010

The Jar (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), October 2010

My Little Boy (reprint), The Fringe Magazine, October 2010

B.O.B. (reprint), Fiction Daily Feature, August, 2010

B.O.B,  Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), August, 2010

Alright, Mama, The Mom Egg Blog, July 18, 2010

Like Satchel Paige In The Big Leagues, Black Magnolias, April 2010

The Smartest Drunk You Knew (reprint), Tom’s Voice, Issue 10, 2010

Another Way Out, Eclectic Flash, January 2010

Again, Flashshot, December 2009

Fly Freddie. Fly. (reprint), Camroc Press Review, December 2009

The Poet’s Wife, Long Story Short, December 2009

Game On, Every Day Fiction, November 14, 2009

She Follows (reprint), Long Story Short, November 2009

Lil’ Reverend, The Mom Egg, Fall 2009

Weathering (reprint), Camroc Press Review, October 2009

The Boogeyman, The Shine Journal, September 2009

Tears (reprint), Camroc Press Review, August 2009 Out In A Snow, The Big Table ~ Stories, July 2009

What You Should Have Done, Dogzplot, July 2009

What I Call Him, Flashshot, July 2009

Fly Freddie. Fly. Black Magnolias, Summer 2009

Times Were Hard, Flashshot, April 2009

Angel Wings (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), February 2009

The Preacher’s Daughters, Moondance, Sovereign Issue, December 2008-March 2009

35 mm (a foreign film), CellA’s Round Trip, Issue One, Summer 2008

Revolution, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), April 2008

An Early Fall, Static Movement, March 2008

Cyclone (reprint), Houston Literary Review, February 2008

Can I Get An Amen?(reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), January 2008

home (reprint), Yellow Mama, December 2007

Emilio’s Son (reprint), Lily, October 2007

That Sweet-Smelling Stuff, SKiVE, September 2007

A Beautiful White Moon Against A Beautiful Black Sky (reprint), Yellow Mama, August 2007

Less Than Angels (reprint), Barfing Frog Press, Fall 2007

You Changed Your Mind, Boston Literary Magazine, Fall 2007

Maybe Today, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), August 2007

Faith, Long Story Short, August 2007

We Talk With Our Hands, The Shine Journal, June 2007

Swipe, Static Movement, June 2007

Sometimes, Ghoti, Spring 2007

Too Human (reprint), Kaleidowhirl, Spring 2007

Wild And Vibrant Color, Long Story Short, April 2007

Shattering Crystal (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), March 2007

The Smartest Drunk You Knew, Barfing Frog Press, March 2007

The Dying Room, Static Movement, January 2007

Wading, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), December 2006

Panties, Barfing Frog Press, December 2006

The Story of My Life (So Far) (reprint), Las Cruces Poets & Writers, Nov/Dec 2006

Leap, Poetry Midwest, Fall 2006

First Love (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), November 2006

Jumpin’ and Shoutin’ and Carryin’ On (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), June 2006

à trios, Thieves Jargon, February  2006

The Story Of My Life (So Far) (reprint), FRIGG, Winter 2006

More Like Her, FRIGG, Winter 2006

What I’m Payin’ You For, Insolent Rudder, Winter 2006

The Story Of My Life (So Far), Cacophony, December 2005

Tumbling, Per Contra, November 2005

The Day Superman Died, Per Contra, November 2005

The Father Of The Bride, Long Story Short, November 2005

Playing Barbies, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), October 2005

 She Follows, FlashFiction coffee mugs, August 2005

Can I Get An Amen?, Chaotic Dreams, Volume 3 (2), August 2005

The Jar, The Nubian Chronicles, Summer 2005

Bride For A Day (reprint,) Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), July 2005

Echoes Of Shahrazad, Wild Strawberries, Issue 3

The Girl Who Liked Very Pretty Things (reprint), Black Coffee Magazine, June 2005

The Son That He Wanted, Underground Voices, June 2005

Afterthought, SKiVE, May 2005

Rebirth, SKiVE, May 2005

Evan’s Wife, SKiVE, May 2005

The Knife Smiled In The Morning, SKiVE, May 2005

The Agreement, SKiVE, May 2005

Somebody Else’s Child (reprint), The Copperfield Review, Spring 2005

A Wide Ass And No Shame, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), April 2005

Childhoods Are Supposed To Be Happy, Nuvein, No. 23, April 2005

Backdrop, The Fiction Warehouse, April 2005

Reprieve, Monkey Bicycle, March 2005

The Business Of Love,” in Salome, March 14, 2005

Room” in The Beat, Number 4

The Second Child, Long Story Short, February 2005

Saturday Mornings Are Easy, Thieves Jargon, February 2005

A Friend To Her, The Shore Magazine, January 2005

The Woman Who Gave Birth To Stones, MiPoesias, January 2005

Tell Me About Afghanistan, SKiVE, December 2004

Less Than Angels, Moonshinestill, November 2004

How To Write A Story, The Quarterly Staple, November 2004

Something Mama Can’t Fix, Sunspinner, Issue 2, Fall 2004

Wasted Vacations, FRIGG, Fall 2004

The Weight Of Them, FRIGG, Fall 2004

On The Wind, A Lullaby, FRIGG, Fall 2004

Hush Child, Shhh, FRIGG, Fall 2004

Lesson, FRIGG, Fall 2004

Reverend Feelgood And The Hallelujah Choir, Chaotic Dreams, Volume 2(5), 2004

Something Happened, Hobart, October 2004

Figures (reprint), Whim’s Place, October 2004

Magic Words, Lunarosity, September/October 2004

About Malcolm, 3711 Atlantic, September 2004

A Slice Of It, Long Story Short, “Story Of the Month,” September 2004

Assets, Passenger May, September 2004

What It Spells, Passenger May, September 2004

Nice Words, Passenger May, September 2004

Going To Hell With My Eyes Wide Open, Nuvein, Fall 2004

Shattering Crystal, The Nubian Chronicles, Summer/Fall 2004

Somebody Else’s Child, The Melic Review, Summer 2004

Like the Cat, SKiVE, August 2004

Community Service, Word Riot, August 2004

Dark Heaven, edifice WRECKED, July 2004

One Of Them, Lost Souls, Issue 4, July 2004

The Reasons I Never Saw That Blind Date Again, Sexy Stranger #5, June 2004

Claim (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), June 2004

Earthworms, taint magazine, Volume 3 (31), June 2004

home, Excess Compassion, June 19, 2004

Understanding Windmills (reprint), Megaera Magazine, Summer 2004

There, Gator Springs Gazette, June 2004

Bait SKiVE, June 2004

The Old Man With The Wagon, Lunarosity, May/June 2004

Cancun, Sex-writers.com newsletter, May 2004

Letter Home, Long Story Short, May 2004

Home On Sunday Morning, Insolent Rudder, “Editor’s Issue,” April 2004

Time With Mommy, Salt River Review, Spring 2004

Get It On, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004

After Hours, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004

First, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004

Second Thoughts, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004

Who The Hell the People Were, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004

A Beautiful White Moon Against A Beautiful Black Sky, Saucy Vox, Spring 2004

Falling Angel, SKiVE, April 2004

3 Tiny Tales On The Very Same Subject, Gator Springs Gazette, April 2004

Reunion, Gator Springs Gazette, April 2004

The Gory Details, Pindeldyboz, Volume 15 (1), March 2004

Working Nights, Poor Mojo’s Almanac (k), March 2004

Tears, The Fiction Warehouse, March 2004

All Grown Up, Laughter Loaf, Volume 6 (2), March 2004

Understanding Windmills, Passenger May, March 2004

Claim, Sexy Stranger #4, February 2004

Underwear, Facsimilation, Issue Five, February 2004

At The ‘Mat, Facsimilation, Issue Five, February 2004

Angel Wings, The Fiction Warehouse, February  2004

She Turns Her Face, taint magazine, Volume 3 (27), February 2004

Mother Love (reprint), Writer’s Monthly, Volume 3 (26) February 2004

It Was Just Little Things, Las Cruces Poets and Writers, January 2004

Knowing (reprint), Song of The Siren, January 2004

The Men In My Life (reprint), Megaera, Winter 2004

The Girl Who Liked Very Pretty Things, Nuvein 19, Winter 2003

The Twelfth Step, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), December 2003

Working (reprint), Unlikely Stories, December 2003

Moon Pies (reprint), Unlikely Stories, December 2003

The End Of The Story, the-phone-book, version 12, December 2003

A Most Glamorous Time, Long Story Short, December 2003

Cyclone, Reading Divas, November/December 2003

Nobody’s Dead Yet, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k),October 2, 2003

Obsidian, The Fiction Warehouse, October 2003

Figures (reprint), Rearview Quarterly, Fall 2003

Booty Call, The Nubian Chronicles, Fall 2003

My Little Boy, Small Spiral Notebook, Fall 2003

Moon Pies, Pindeldyboz, September 2003

Enlightenment,  Laughter Loaf, September 2003

Getting Paid (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), August 2003

Weathering (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen Literary Journal, Volume 3 (3)

Bride For A Day, Re)verb, Summer 2003

Knowing, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), July 2003

Angry Woman To Lover, Summerset Review, Summer 2003

Off Duty, Summerset Review, Summer 2003

Young Love, Summerset Review, Summer 2003

It’s An Old Joke (reprint), Summerset Review, Summer 2003

Cat Movements, Rearview Quarterly, Spring 2003

Jumpin’ and Shoutin’ and Carryin’ On, Las Cruces Bulletin, June 12, 2003

Remember, Word Riot, June 2003

Emilio’s Son (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen, Volume 3 (2), May 2003

Working, Fiction Warehouse, April 2003

Taking Leave, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), April 2003

Figures, Insolent Rudder, “Editor’s Issue,” April 2003

Childhood, the-phone-book, version 9, March 2003

Mother Love, Outsider Ink, Spring 2003

Family Man, TimBookTu, February 2003

It’s An Old Joke, Facets, Volume 3 (1), January 2003

The One Thing To Do, Word Riot, January 2003

The Men In My Life, SEGUE 1.1, 2002

First Love, The Apricot, Issue I, 2002

Emilio’s Son, RiverSedge, Spring 2001

Mammy, The Ink, September 2000

Weathering, Puerto del Sol, Spring 1991

Anthologized Fiction

Quiet. The Tyranny of Bacon. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books:  Australia, 2019.

After School. Happy². Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books:  Australia, 2018.

Begot. Wiser. Ed. Matt Potter.  Truth Serum Press. Australia, 2017.

I Am So Sorry for Your Loss.  Freak. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2016.

Emergency. Tall-ish. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2016.

Road Kill. Microchondria III: More Short Short Stories Collected by Harvard Book Store.  Harvard Book Store: MA, 2016.

The List His Wife Left. Five. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books:  Australia, 2016.

Johnny-girl. Rozlyn: Short Fiction by Women Writers. Ed. Alayne Fiore. Rozlyn Press:  MA, 2015.

What It Feels Like to Have Your Friends Dying All Around You. 2014-A Year in Stories (December). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

Live With That. 2104-A Year in Stories (November).  Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

Last One Standing. 2014- A Year in Stories (October).  Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

My Suicide, Interrupted. 2014- A Year in Stories (September). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

Peace and Utter Joy. 2014- A Year in Stories (August). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

The Best Time to Die. 2014-A Year in Stories (July). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

It’s About Time Somebody Died. 2014 – A Year in Stories (June). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

The Worst Thing. 2014 – A Year in Stories (May). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

The Rules We Shall Die By. 2014 – A Year in Stories (April). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

The Lucky Ones. 2014 – A Year in Stories (March). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

Live For. 2014 – A Year in Stories (February). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2013.

The Suicide Club.  2014 – A Year in Stories (January). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2013.

To Rewrite History. Listerature 2. Ed. Troy Palmer.  Little Fiction: 2013.

The Terms of Agreement. Obit. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books:  Australia, 2013.

Going To Hell with My Eyes Wide Open. Tribute to Orpheus 2. Eds. Danielle Roark, Gary McKinney, Sheila Grezek Johnson.  Kearney Street Books: Bellingham, WA, 2012.

After Hours. 140 And Counting.  Ed. Joanne Merriam.  Upper Rubber Boot Books: Nashville, 2011. 

Where I’ll Be If I’m Not There. Motif 3: Work.  Ed. Marianne Worthington. MotesBooks: Louisville, KY, 2011.

Shattering Crystal. 7th Sin.  Ed. Chris Jacobsmeyer. Shade City Press: 2011.

The Boogeyman. Monster Gallery. Ed. George Wilhite.  Static Movement:  2011.

Cyclone. Flashonomics. Ed. Chris Jacobsmeyer. Shade City Press: 2011.

Figures. Flashonomics. Ed. Chris Jacobsmeyer. Shade City Press: 2011.

 

One of Them. Dark Secrets. Ed. Dorothy Davies. Static Movement: 2011.

The Woman Who Gave Birth to Stones. Pot Luck. Ed. Chris Bartholomew.  Static Movement:  2011.

Can I Get an Amen? Pot Luck. Ed. Chris Bartholomew.  Static Movement: 2011.

Dark Heaven. Twisted Love. Ed. Chris Bartholomew. Static Movement: 2011.

Cancun. Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (October).  Ed. J. Roberts. DFE imprint/Pill Hill Press: NE, 2011.

Bait. Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (July).  Ed. J. Roberts. DFE imprint/Pill Hill Press: NE, 2011.

Saturday Mornings Are Easy. Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (July).  Ed. J. Roberts. DFE imprint/Pill Hill Press: NE, 2011.

home. Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (April – June).  Ed. J. Roberts. DFE imprint/Pill Hill Press: NE, 2011.

Another Way Out.  Eclectic Flash- Best of 2010.  Ed. Brad Nelson. EF Publishing: AZ, 2011.

Caretaking. My First Time.  Ed. Valerie Nygaard. Softcopy Publishing. San Francisco: 2010.

Claim. Hint Fiction.  Ed.  Robert Swartwood. W.W. Norton & Company. New York: 2010.

My Two Daughters. Woman’s Work: The Short Stories.  Ed. Michelle Sewell.  girlchild press: Washington, D.C., 2010.

You Changed Your Mind. Best of Boston Literary Magazine. Ed. Robin Stratton. Big Table Publishing: Newton Centre, MA, 2009.

Maybe Today. Afternoon Tales and Teacakes.  Eds. Hearne, D. and Levin, P. AWOC.COM Publishing: Valley View, TX, 2008.

Going To Hell with My Eyes Wide Open. Nuvein Cultural Anthology.  Ed. Ann Lottman. Nuvein Press: El Monte, CA, 2006.

Claim. Mitochondria’s First Anthology of Rarities and Loose Ends. Ed. Calvin Lui. Bullfight Media: CA, 2005.

Bait. Next Stop: The Best of SKiVE, 2003-2004. Ed. Matt Ward. Mockfrog Publishing: Australia, 2004.

Maybe You Should Spank Me. Down and Dirty 2. Ed. Allison Tyler. Pretty Things Press: Point Reyes, CA, 2004.

Getting Paid. One Paycheck Away. Ed. Bill Wesse. Main Street Rag Press: Charlotte, NC, 2003.

Weathering. Sudden Stories: A Mammoth Book of Minuscule Fiction.  Ed.  Dinty W. Moore. Mammoth Press: Du Bois, PA, 2003.