“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.”
– Henry David Thoreau

Selected Works

“Winter in Mostar,” Rubens Quarterly, Cheetah Publishing, San Antonio, Texas, 1994

“Polraiyuk,” American Fiction, New Rivers Press, 1995

“Pendulum Swings,” Wordplay, winter 1995

“Afterglow,” Riverwind, fall 1996

“Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear,” Lynx Eye, December 1996

“The Wash,” Appalachian Heritage, July 1997

“Ash Wednesday,” Pearl, 1998

“Through A Glass Darkly,” Skylark, spring 1999

“The Secret of Umbria,” Samsara, December 2000

“The Girl on Roller Skates,” Sunscripts Writers’ Journal, St. Petersburg, 2002

 

Writing Awards for Short Stories

“Winter in Mostar” — Judges Preference Award for Short Stories, 1994

“Polraiyuk,” American Fiction Short Story Award; Nominated for a Pushcart, 1995

Awarded the Presidential Award for Fiction by the Green River Writers’ Association, 1997

Awarded a grant for short stories by the Kentucky Arts Council, 1997

Awarded the Kentucky Foundation for Women Creative Writing Award based on the short story: “Face to Face,” 2001