Short Fiction in Periodicals
- “I Love Nothing Like a Tuba,” Concord Free Press Presents, forthcoming 2019.
- “Numbers 1 2 3 4” Hayden’s Ferry Review (#50, Spring/Summer 2012): 1-2.
- “The Mourning Door” Ploughshares, Vol. 26 #2 & 3, Gish Jen, guest ed. (Summer, 2000): 80-89. Reprinted at GreatJonesStreet
- “Surtsey.” Doubletake (Summer 2000): 92-98.
- “Three Mothers” Boston Review (April, May, 1994).
- “Touch and Go” Story (Autumn, 1999): 42-49.
- “Dream of the Stolen Skirt” Fiction, Vol.14, #2 (Summer 1997): 213-214.
- “A Place Not Here” Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry and Prose, Issue 27: (Fall 1996): 141-149.
- “Vines and Other Climbing Plants” Story (Summer 1996): 12-24.
- “Halogen.” Glimmer Train, Issue 16 (Fall 1995): 69-86.
- “What Kind of Boy.” Southwest Review, Vol. 80, #2 & 3 (Spring/ Summer 1995): 260-271.
- “Scavenger Bird.” Ploughshares, Vol. 21, No. 1, Gary Soto, guest ed. (Spring,1995): 94-108.
- “Between” Story (Autumn 1994): 44-55.
- “Have You Seen Me?” Antaeus 67 (Autumn 1991): 20-33.
- “The Counting Game” Seventeen (October 1991): 112-124.
- “The Blue Hour” Prism International 29, 2 (January 1991): 63-73.
- “The Boy Who Fell Forty Feet” Stanford Humanities Review (Winter 1991).
- “Yellow Tent” Southwest Review 75, I (Autumn 1990): 539-551.
- “The Skyscrapers” River Styx 31 (Summer 1990): 14-17.
- “The Body Shop” Southern Review 26 (April 1990): 436-448.
- “Square Dance” Story (Autumn 1990): 25-35.
Short Fiction in Anthologies
“The Mourning Door”
- Best American Short Stories 2001, Barbara Kingsolver, guest ed., Katrina Kenison, ed. (Houghton Mifflin, 2001). 85-97.
- Prize Stories 2001: The O. Henry Awards, Guest Editors: Mary Gordon, Michael Chabon, Mona Simpson; series editor, Larry Dark, (Anchor/Doubleday). 191-199.
- Pushcart Prize XXVI: Best of the Small Presses, Bill Henderson, ed. (Pushcart Press, 2002). 256-265.
- Behind the Short Story: From First to Final Draft, Todd Pierce and Ryan Van Cleave, eds., (Allyn & Bacon/Longman, 2005).
- Before: Stories of Pregnancy from Our Top Writers, Ed. Emily Franklin (Overlook Press, 2006): 63-72.
“Have You Seen Me?”
- 20: Best of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, John Edgar Wideman, ed. (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 2001): 210-225.
- Sacred Ground: Writings About Home, Barbara Bonner, ed. (Milkweed Editions: 1996): 150-166.
“Surtsey”
- Passing the Word: Writers on their Mentors, Jeffrey Skinner, Lee Martin, eds. (Sarabande Books, 2001). 131-152.
“Islands Without Names”
- American Fiction, Vol. 9, A. Davis, M. White, eds. (New Rivers Press: 1997): 23-35. Story chosen by Joyce Carol Oates.
“A Place Not There”
- Best Underground Fiction, Scott Miles, ed. (Stolen Time Publishing, 2006), Eds. Scott Miles and Jeff Mikos. 198-211.
“What Kind of Boy”
- An Intricate Weave: Women Write About Girls and Girlhood, Marlene Miller, ed. (Iris Editions: 1997): 184-196.
- Lost On Purpose: Women in the City, Amy Prior, ed. (Seal Press/Avalon Books, 2004). 153-166.
“Mammals”
- Chick-Lit 2: New Women’s Fiction Anthology, C. Mazza, J. DeShell, E. Sheffield, eds. (Fiction Collective 2: 1996): 106-113.
“Between”
- Strictly Casual: Fiction By Women On Love, Amy Prior, ed. (Serpent’s Tail, UK: 2003): 1-19.
- Inappropriate Random: Stories on Sex and Love, Amy Prior, ed. (Seal Press, New York, 2003). 1-22.
- Prize Stories 1996: The O. Henry Awards, William Abrahams, ed. (Anchor/Doubleday: 1996): 285-300.
- Adult Development and Learning: Multicultural Stories, S. Merriam and L. Baumgartner, eds. (Kreiger: 1999): 129-141.
- “The Boy Who Fell Forty Feet” Prize Stories 1994: The O. Henry Awards (Anchor/Doubleday: 1994): 216-228.
- “Three Mothers” Writers Harvest, William Shore, ed. (Harcourt Brace: 1994): 265-268.
“The Body Shop”
- Best American Short Stories, 1991 (Houghton Mifflin: 1991): 194-208. Selected by Alice Adams.
“Square Dance”
- Street Songs I: New Voices in Fiction, Jane Hill, ed. (Longstreet Press: 1990): 78-96.