Fourteen Flowers

The collection of fourteen short stories, written over a period of 12 years, runs the range from the tender, to the absurd, and back again. From the awkward blind date, to a humorous stay on a psychiatric ward, the collection explores the human mind and heart from varied points-of-view. This includes Milkweed, first place of the Missouri Literary Festival Short Story Contest, 2009: A Cold Touch, First place, Story Star, 2010: My Pop-Up, finalist, Glimmer Train Magazine, 2007: Ancient Campfires, Semifinalist, Salem College Literary Contest: Coattails, Second Round of the Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction, 2010: and Lost Seasons, semifinalist, New Millennium Writings.