Anthologies where my essays and short stories appear:
“The Last of the Richardson’s”
Workers Write! Tales from the Clinic | July 2008
Edited by David LaBounty | Published by Cubicle Press
“The Last of the Richardson’s” was nominated for The Pushcart Prize
“Song of Hope”
Lay-ups and Long Shots | September 2008
An anthology of short stories for readers ages 10 and up
Published by Darby Creek | A Junior Library Guild Selection
“A Cautionary Measure” and “Snap Shot”
SmokeLong Annual Autumn 2003-Summer 2004: 74 Stories from the Year’s Best Writers | 2008
“My One and Only Grandmother”
A Bouquet for Grandmother | October 2007
Edited by Susan B. Townsend | Published by Adams Media
“Learning to Listen”
A Cup of Comfort for Writers | September 2007
Edited by Colleen Sell | Published by Adams Media
“Connecting”
Voices of Breast Cancer | September 2007
Published by LaChance Publishing | Profits donated to The Healing Project
(originally appeared in Under Our Skin)
“Picking Up The Stitches”
A Cup of Comfort for Mothers to Be | October 2006
Edited by Colleen Sell | Published by Adams Media
“Connecting”
Under Our Skin: Literature of Breast Cancer | Oct 2006
Published by The Illuminati Press | Proceeds donated to
The Susan G. Korman Breast Cancer Foundation
“The Family That Shops Together”
The Kid Turned Out Fine | May 2006
Edited by Paula Ford-Martin | Published by Adams Media
On the back cover: I introduced the chocolate food group earlier and earlier with each child. (I confess, I wrote that line!)
“The Girl at the Side of the Road”
Literary Mama, Reading for the Maternally Inclined | January 2006
Published by Seal Press, an Imprint of Avalon Publishing
“The Anole Story”
A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and Sons | January 2005
Edited by Colleen Sell | Published by Adams Media
“Avon Calling”
One Paycheck Away | January 2003
Edited by Bill Wesse | Published by Main Street Rag