“Silas in the Old Barn: A Christmas Tale” 2012, published November 2, 2020, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Etsy

– Silas, a scroungy old Tabby cat out looking for a meal on a cold winter night finds a miracle in a manger. 

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“Going Upriver to Burnside” 2012,*published February 3, 2021 by Mannison Press, LLC

– A young man badly wounded in war struggles to make his way home while remembering the horrors of the conflict and the unbearable pain he has suffered both physically and mentally.

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“Shelter” 2013, published by The Sewanee Review, Spring 2016 Edition*

– When his unit is separated from the main body of troops, a soldier finds comfort and fleeting love in a tiny village in France.

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“Miz Polly’s Beau” 2014*

– After their previous lives have been wrecked by betrayal and war, Polly and Hubbard meet as adults and find renewed love, star-crossed though it may be.

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“The Scent of Coming Home” 2015, finalist in Glimmer Train’s 2018 Family Matters Contest*

– Based on a true story, a young woman relates the story of her father’s life both before and after going to war.

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“The Court Martial of Nathan Leatherwood” 2015*

– An African-American fighter pilot in World War II is accused of murdering a white enlisted man and faces a court martial directed by a racist, bigoted military prosecutor.

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“Tea with Mrs. Baumgardner” 2015

– The Reverend Bramble has a visit with his least favorite and most eccentric parishioner. Things do not go well.

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“Sergeant MacQueen’s Last Duty” 2016*

–  (Based on a true story) An ordinary man performs an extraordinary service by returning the remains of a dead soldier decorated for valor to his family in a small town in Appalachia.

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“The Long Night’s Moon” 2016, published by daCunha Global 2017

– An elderly man driving alone on Christmas Eve to visit the only family he has left stops to find some comfort at a church in a small town along the way, only to be shunned for being a stranger.

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“Esther” 2019

– A young woman abducted at age sixteen, addicted to heroin by force, and sold into the sex trade, tells her story.

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“The Game” 2019

– The fortunes and misfortunes of a small town football team in Appalachia are followed over a four year period in which the characters deal with poverty, social distinctions, the pettiness and meanness of teenagers, and a near sociopathic coach until it comes down to the last contest, the one great struggle, “The Game” that may change all of their lives.

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“Morning After” 2020

– (Flash fiction) A young woman wakes up in the bed of a stranger.

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*Included in a collection under the title “Going Upriver to Burnside: Stories of the Great Campaign,” which was a Semifinalist for the Hawk Mountain Award 2019

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