Shorts & Poetry
My first love is the fiction novel, but I also occasionally get short stories, flash fiction, essays, and poetry published in literary journals and magazines. (My work has appeared under both V. G. Anderson and Vanessa Gonzales.)
August 2022
March 2022
May 2021
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"Let's Get Loud," short story published by Ghost Parachute magazine in the print collection 105 Flash Fiction Stories, May 8th.
Ghost Parachute seeks to publish flash fiction that is unapologetically bold. We wish to lose ourselves in fresh and vibrant imagery. We want to read what we've always known but were too afraid to say. We want to read a story unlike any other story we've read before. It's easy to view the world in black and white, so Ghost Parachute paints a streak of gray. Great stories don't ride the popular, easy narrative, and great characters are often impossible to love yet we love them anyway. We aim to unleash the spider behind the rose and dance in the surreal. Purchases are encouraged through the black-owned, indie bookstore Kizzy's Books & More. ➧ Visit the shop. Also Available on Amazon |
April 2019
August 2018
June 2018
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"Let's Get Loud," short story, published by Ghost Parachute, June 1st. (Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
The June 2018 issue of Ghost Parachute features work by V. G. Anderson, Abby Burns, Laura Lee Bahr, Stephanie Hutton, Joshua Begley, Caleb Michael Sarvis, MFC Feeley, Jan Elman Stout, and Judith Roney. |
May 2018
February 2012
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"Reply All," short story, published in Pilot Pocket Book, Volume 9.
Pilot 9 features: Crystal Johansson, Lindsay Zier-Vogel, Bryan Belanger, Dipika Mukherjee, Fiona Smyth, Vanessa Gonzales, Misanthrope Specialty Co., Lee Sheppard, Tyler Bright Hilton, John Mavin, Alan Ho, Steve Noyes, Michael DeForge, Reuben McLaughlin, Nik Dudukovic, Amanda Nedham, Tiffany Maggio, Danny Christopher, Robert DiPardo, Craig Morrison, Polly Atkin, Kevin McBride, Archibald Alexander, Colleen McKeown, and Sarah Gignac. |
August 2011
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"Underwear for Conformists," short story, and poem, "Fear," published in Parting Gifts, Volume 23, Issue 1.
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July 2011
April 2010
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"Love in the Corners," a novelette, Kentuckiana-Metroversity Writing Competition: 2nd Place Winner
Love in the Corners" ambitiously mixes the cool indifference of Eric Bogosian’s Suburbia with Mary Gaitskill’s sexually fascinated and equally damaged characters. This writer employs strikingly economical prose and spot-on dialogue. There is a respect for form shown, while contemporary issues are given center stage. Readers of this piece are granted a heartfelt portrayal of youth and the music scene from this wonderfully vivid story. —Sophie Rosenblum, Author & Editor, NANO Fiction
Available as an eBook Novelette. |
