HOW TO LOOK AT A PAINTING, Epiphany

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ON MY MID-CAREER DECISION TO ACCEPT A PORTRAIT COMMISION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Gulf Coast

AND YOU TURN YOURSELF AROUND, Tinge Magazine

DAWN IN PENNSYLVANIA, Merion West

RECONCILIATION, Cobalt Press

THE MAKING OF GUERNICA: ARTIST NOTES FROM PABLO PICASSO, STAY-AT-HOME DAD, Literary Mama

THE MUSEUM OF HISTORICAL ALTERNATIVE INVISIBLE EVERYTHINGS, Monkeybicycle

AGGRAVATED TENDENCIES, The Carolina Quarterly

THE THINGS THEY SCHLEPPED: IF TIM O'BRIEN WROTE ABOUT MOTHERHOOD, The Offing

ACTS OF WAR, Tikkun Magazine

CHARISMA!, Post Road

FRAGILE, LIQUID, PERISHABLE, HAZARDOUS, Tahoma Literary Review

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THE LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATES EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD, Day One; Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train's Family Matters Contest 

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THE ARCHITECT, Literary Mama

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AN INSIDE-OUT THING, Barrelhouse; Best of the Net 

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SECOND OPINIONS, Summerset Review; available as audiobook from Audible.com

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CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER SKINHEAD, 100 Word Story

 

A LITTLE KINDNESS NEVER HURT ANYBODY, Salt Hill

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ORPHANS, Cleaver Magazine

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THE INKER, Moment Magazine; First Place in Moment Magazine’s Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest

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DONALD'S FREEZER, Graze (out of print)

 

LUC BUSTOMANTA, Hobart; listed in Wigleaf's Best Very Short Stories; Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction Award

 

HOUSE RULES, Quarter After Eight; Finalist for Quarter After Eight’s Robert J. Demott Short Prose Contest

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THE MORNING WE HIT THE DOG, Folio

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THE BET, Night Train (out of print)

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THE EMPEROR OF ICE CREAM, Eclipse (out of print); Second Place in Tennessee Writer's Alliance writing contest

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STOP SAYING MY NAME, Briar Cliff Review; First Place in Briar Cliff Review’s fiction contest; First Place in Byline Magazine’s fiction contest; Special Mention in 2006 Pushcart Prize Anthology

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IN THE MOOD, Blueline

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