Novel
Collectively written by Ken Kesey, Robert Blucher, Ben Bochner, James Finley, Jeff Forester, Bennett Huffman, Lynn Jeffress, Neil Lidstrom, H. Highwater Powers, Jane Sather, Charles Varani, Meredith Wadley, Lidia Yuknavitch (aka Lidia Yukman), and Ken Zimmerman.
Requiescat in pace you beautiful creatures gone to the stars too soon, Ken, Bennett, and Lynn. Here’s a little Grateful Dead (provided to YouTube by Grateful Dead/Rhino): “Playing in the Band.”
Longform fiction
“Five Are Catching a Flight in the Morning” / Subnivean
“Walking the Poem” / Five on the Fifth
“Wake” / upstreet thirteen (read “Wake”)
“Blow” / Longleaf Review – nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2020
“Kinderkare” / Adelaide Magazine
“Figs” / Fairlight Books
@ Glimmer Train: two Family Matters Honorable Mentions (as Meredith Suter): “Underwater” (published as “Wake” in upstreet thirteen) and “Mr. Allen’s Long Visit” (published in New World Writing)
Military-family themed – A series of stories about Vietnam-War era military families, focusing on the experiences of the wives and daughters of air force pilots. I’m a military brat, and each story is set in places I’ve lived.
“Departure” / Line of Advance – Prose by Military Family Member, 2022 Darron L. Wright Award
“Pepper’s Side of the Street” / As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 16
“Mr. Allen’s Long Visit” / New World Writing
“Crossing the Great Divide” / Line of Advance – Second Place for Prose by Military Family Member, 2021 Darron L. Wright Award
“Runaway” / Collateral
“The Favorite Hour”/ Line of Advance – Third Place for Prose by Military Family Member, 2020 Darron L. Wright Award, anthologized in Our Best War Stories: Prize-winning Poetry & Prose from the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards, available at Amazon.com
Flash fiction
“Vaginal Claw Press Information” / @ The Disappointed Housewife
“Five Hours After Annie Leibovitz’s Portrait, John’s Shot Dead” / The Dribble Drabble Review – a 50–word story
“Sands of Time” / The Dribble Drabble Review – a 50–word story
“Agreement” & “I Saw You Today” / Mash Stories
“No Brainer” / Bartleby Snopes
Idioms from around the world reimagined as flash fiction:
“He’s Spent Many Years Turning Chickens (Portuguese: Ele já passou muitos anos a virar frangos)” / Lammergeier
“Two International Idioms Reimagined as Fiction” / JMWW
- I. We See Whose Mother Is Spinning Black Wool (Croatian: Da vidimo čija majka crnu vunu prede)”
- II. To Have a Stick in One’s Ear (Danish: At Have en Pind i Øret)
“Ten People, Ten Colors (Japanese: Juunin Toiro)” / Gone Lawn
“Three Idioms Reimagined as Fiction” / Orca Lit
- I. You Can Sharpen an Ax on top of his Head (Russian: Хоть кол на голове теши)
- II. To Steal the German’s Pipe (Romanian: A Fura Luleaua Neamțului)
- III. Go Bother Camões (Portuguese: Vai Chatear o Camões)
“Three International Idioms Reimagined as Fiction, 3” / Lunate Fiction
- I. Not in Front What Is Behind (Texasdeutsch: Nicht vorne wie hinten sein)
- II. Single Grass, Single Dewdrop (Chinese: 一枝草，一點露)
- III. To Get There by Four Paths (French: Y aller par quatre chemins)
“You Can Give it to the Rabbits (Swiss-German: Das chönnt Sie de Haase gäh)” / Flash Fiction Magazine
“Two International Idioms Reimagined as Fiction” / Disquiet Arts
- I. I See Black for You (German: Ich sehe Schwartz für Sie)
- II. Heading for a Cliff
“Outside as a Balcony (Italian: Fuori come un balcone),” & “Ride as a Hare (Russian: Ехать зайцем)”/ Bandit Fiction
“Whoever Gets Burnt from the Porridge, Blows on the Yogurt, Too (Greek: όποιος καεί με το χυλό φυσά και το γιαούρτι)” / Fiction Kitchen Berlin
“Take Hold of the Hair (Spanish: Tomar el pelo)” / Fudoki Magazine
“The Bells on Her Hem Are Ringing (Turkish: Etekleri zil çalıyor)” and “The Clever One Yields; the Donkey Stays Firm (Swiss-German: De Gschiider git nah, de Esel bliebt stah)” / Flash Boulevard
“Go Bother Camões (Portuguese: Vai Chatear o Camões)” reprinted in Miramichi Flash
“Lend an Ear” / Reflex Fiction
“Outside as a Balcony (Italian: Fuori come un balcone)” fresh version @ Mediterranean Poetry
Creative nonfiction
“Selective Parenting” @ Keeping It Under Wraps: Parenthood, Uncensored, a themed anthology series that provides a safe space to change the narrative.
“Dog” forthcoming end of March 2023 @ Keeping It Under Wraps: Bodies, Uncensored, a themed anthology series that provides a safe space to change the narrative.
Anthologies
Our Best War Stories – “The Favorite Hour”
Keeping It Under Wraps: Parenthood Uncensored – “Selective Parenting”
Keeping It Under Wraps: Bodies Uncensored – “Dog”
Articles
“Will Psilocybin Go Legal in Washington State?” @ The Brave New World of Psychedelic Medicine
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