Buryin' Day Today placed second in FreeFall Magazine's 2008 Short Story Contest, published in 2009. December, 2009, the publishers of Freefall submitted Buryin' Day Today to the Journey Prize jury whose job it is to choose stories for the 2010 Journey Prize Anthology.
A young woman on a routine trip to the UBC campus soon regrets choosing 'this day, this bus'.
Castles in the Sand won first place in Wynterblue Publishing's March Wyn-Lit 24 hour Writing Contest and is published in the 2009 Anthology-- Confabulation 2.
A snaphot of a man's journey from middle class to homeless.
Have and Have Not was published in the Placentia Charter(May, 2009) and Newfoundland's Downhome magazine (December, 2009). It is a portrait of memories--my father's and mine--and a result of research for my third in-progress novel which is set in Argentia, NL.
The upheaval created in the lives of the residents of Argentia, NL during WWII when their tiny fishing/farming community was transformed, almost overnight, into a strategic naval base.
Bacon & Eggs won third place in Wynterblue's February Wyn-Lit 24 hr. Writing Contest and is also published in the Confabulation 2 Anthology.
A woman dealing with loss and remembering joy.
A Button in TimeA tiny button is the only connection between an anxious widower and his long-lost daughter.
Tall LettersA deluded woman's determination to become a supermodel.
Terminal Endearment A young woman struggling to win her mother-in-law's approval.
X Equals FifteenA health care worker's frustration with the limitations of his job.
The following four short stories are published in
Wynterblue's 2010 Confabulation 3:
The End of the Harvest placed first in the Writers Weekly ezine, Fall 2010 Short Story Contest.
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Lighting the Beacon placed first in Wyn Lit 24, #49, April, 2011.
A seventeen-year-old boy with a lame leg has only minutes to climb the one hundred steps in his father's lighthouse. He must light the beacon in time to avert disaster.
Lost Forever published Wynterblue's Confabulation 4, 2011.
A grieving widow turned hoarder accepts organizational help from her two nieces.
The Rebirth of Rose placed first in Wyn Lit 24, #51, June, 2011.
A woman trapped in an abusive relationship contemplates her fate.
Can she summon the courage to escape?
Through the Closet Wall Short-listed, Wyn Lit 24, #53, August, 2011.
A daughter's homecoming, a mother's anguish and the truth about a father's death.
Carpe E. M. Top five, New York Midnight Madness Flash Fiction, September, 2011.
A magical librarian lamenting the loss of adjectives and adverbs confronts the ghost of author she holds responsible.
Academia, Amusement, and Music Published Placentia Come Home Year book, 2012 and at Downhome website.
