Tag: mythology

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Audio Performance of “Primrose, or Return to Il’maril” at Drabblecast

March 21, 2015

My short story, “Primrose, Or Return to Il’maril” (originally appearing in Apex Magazine, Oct. 2014) is currently being featured by Drabblecast, an award-winning speculative podcast, for Women and Aliens Month. You can listen to the story here (scroll down for the link to audio). Host Norm Sherman makes an intense Vierro Casstratil, and Gabrielle deCuir’s voice acting for… Read More Audio Performance of “Primrose, or Return to Il’maril” at Drabblecast

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“Primrose” in Apex Magazine

October 7, 2014

My sci-fi short, “Primrose, or Return to Il’maril,” in which a crotchety old woman xenoanthropologist investigates a culture set on dying with its star, is out now in Apex Magazine. This story was a blast to write, and I’m so pleased it has found a home there! 

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“Camille” in Philadelphia Stories

September 25, 2014

Check out the beautiful cover of the Fall 2014 issue of Philadelphia Stories! I’m excited to see my story, “Camille,” second-place winner of the 2014 Marguerite McGlinn National Prize for Fiction, featured along with the first- and third-place stories.   

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“Camille” Wins Second Place in Marguerite McGlinn National Prize for Fiction

August 14, 2014

My short story, “Camille,” has been selected by judge Julianna Baggott as the second-place winner of this year’s Marguerite McGlinn National Prize for Fiction! This is one I’ve been working on for a while — it’s the story that opens my novel retelling the Odysseus myth from the perspective of a Vietnam soldier’s wife — so I’m… Read More “Camille” Wins Second Place in Marguerite McGlinn National Prize for Fiction

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Indiana Review Fiction Prize Finalist

January 16, 2014

I was pleased to read today that my story, “Camille,” was selected as a finalist for the Indiana Review 2013 Fiction Prize. Congratulations to the winner and runner up! I can’t wait to read their stories in the next issue of Indiana Review.

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‘Wait’ Wins Faulkner Prize for a Novel in Progress

August 30, 2007

I’m so excited that Judge Janette Turner Hospital has announced my manuscript, ‘Wait,’ this year’s winner of the Faulkner Prize for a Novel in Progress! ‘Wait’ retells the Odysseus myth from the perspective of a soldier’s wife in the Deep South during the Vietnam War: “My clear choice for winner, this manuscript in progress is stunning for a number of… Read More ‘Wait’ Wins Faulkner Prize for a Novel in Progress