Leah’s Library of Fiction

My Writing Roots

I have published the following stories:

• The Letter A, 45 Magzine
• CATAWAMPUS IN SWEETGUM COUNTY, Short Story Collection published by Adeleaide Press
• YOU DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE UNTIL YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR, Short Story Collection published by New Meridian Arts
• Peeking Cat Anthology
• The Liquor Shack, Backchannels
• The Sound of Mischief, Sirens Call Publications
• If I Could Cry, I’d Be Happier, Secret Attic: Selected Monthly Issue #15
• 6 Word Story, Orange Blush Zine the micro edition
• A Slip of the Hands, Sledgehammer Lit
• RAISING ST. ELISABETH, Novella published by Alien Buddha Press
• Vinyl Lovers, Sledgehammer Lit.
• My Rock ‘n’ Roll Sex Story, BOMBFIRE
• What Doesn’t Fall Apart Gets Broken, MacroMicroCosm
• Adelaide Short Story Anthology 2020, Four Finalist pieces:
  • How to Make Waffles Like Mom
  • Peanut Butter Incubus
  • Period. Pizza. Poltergeist.
  • Itinerant Nun in a Yellow Jalopy
• The Ron Jeremy of Klingons, The Garden of Eden by C,C,&D and What Lies on the Other Side Anthology
• Talisman Banana, Continue The Voice Issue 4
• A Well-Heeled Woman, Inscribe Journal
• A Sphere of Misfortune, Willows Wept Review
• What They Said in Sweetgum County, Peeking Cat Literary Review
• Lip Blam, Issue Six of Goat’s Milk
• The Unanswered Invocation of Women, HOPE Anthology TL;DR Press
• Oranges, Featured Poets Anthology, Moonstone Center of the Arts
• WHITE KNIGHT ESCORT SERVICE, book published by Alien Buddha Press
• Food Cowboy, Literally Stories
• Maul It Over, Flare and White Knight Escort Service
• Dunking Donuts and Paint, Meat for Tea
• How to Make Waffles Like Mom, Brown Bag Journal and White Knight Escort Service
• Unchanged Bedclothes, Tigershark Publishing
• Pray with Dirty Fingers, Briefly Write
• I’ll Turn a Cartwheel for You, TunaFish Journal
• What’s Wrong with a Happy Ending?, Melbourne Culture Corner
• Leave Me Not Alone, Erozine
• The Well-Heeled Woman SHORT listed in the Strands International Flash Fiction Competition
• Where We Meet, Where We Stand, Scrittura
• What the Looking Glass Reflects, Mum Life Stories
• Volare, Craft Literary, Raven Magazine
• Eargasm, Writer’s Egg Magazine, UNCENSORED
• The Haunting of Berkley Ford, Coin-Operated Press
• The Crossroads, Dreaming Fiction
• All Hail the Taxis, The Umbrella Factory Magazine
• Spit On It, Interview Heartland Society of Women Writers
• Spit On It,Heartland Society of Women Writers
• The Lord’s Table, Reservations Required, The Hamilton Stone Review
• On the Rim of Your Whims, The Writer’s Club
• A Plum in His Mouth, Necro Productions
• The Book and the Pomegranate, The Heartbreak Project
• Going to The Chapel, Cowboy Jamboree Magazine
• Geriatric Stand-up, If You Can, Iris Literary Journal
• Most Marriages Performed, Secret Attic contest finalist
• Lloyd Majestic, Lowestoft Chronicle
• First Kiss, Wink
• SWIMMING MIDDLE RIVER, book published with Read Lips Press
• Eargasm, Train River Publishing
• Keepsake #5, Beyond Words VIDEO
• Days of Bacon, The Tyranny of Bacon, Pure Slush Vol.18
• Score, In Parentheses
• Spooning , Art Ascent, Gold Award Writer
• In a Narrow Place, Anti-Heroin Chic
• Fore I Came to the Fence, Alpha Female Society
• A Spot Not Blue, Briefly Write
• Bi-Trekkie, Serotoninpoetry and Peculiars Magazine. Bi-Trekkie nominated for Best of the Net 2020
• What Lovers Leave Behind, Impspired
• Suicide Culture, Tiny Molecule
• On the Other Side, The Blotter
• Carousel of Time, Birdsong Journal,
• The Toilet Paper Wars, Staring problems Press
• 1970sJustice , 100 Words
• Coming of Age with Momaya , Short Story Review 2018 available at Barnes and Nobel and on Amazon
• A Point of Departure, Connotation Press and Swimming Middle River
• Somebody Else in Kentucky, Blacktop Passages and Swimming Middle River
•  The Birdcage Nests Within, The Weekly Knob through Medium Daily Digest and White Knight Escort Service
• Burnt Prairie, Halfway Down the Stairs, and Swimming Middle River
• Man in Black, The Writing Disorder and Swimming Middle River
• The Family Blend, Crack the Spine (Pushcart Nominee) and Swimming Middle River
• I Love Burt, Literally Stories and Swimming Middle River
• The Rome Club, Adelaide Magazine 
• Pieces of Pride, The Wagon 
• Raising St. Elisabeth (short story), Lunaris Review 
• What the Looking Glass Reflects, Zany Zygote Review 
• Chess Match, Riverbabble
• The Price of Knowing, Thousandonestories
• The Bridge to Gratitude, Red Fez
• The Uninvited, Doorknobs and Body Paint  
• Three Lived in Fear, Mused
• Sticker Shock award winner, Two Sisters Writing
• Blue Shoes, Erotic Review

Accolades and Awards

• Pushcart Prize Nominee for The Family Blend featured in Crack the Spine
• Gold Writer Award for Spooning featured in Art Ascent
• Adelaide Short Story Anthology 2020, Four Finalist pieces:
  • How to Make Waffles Like Mom
  • Peanut Butter Incubus
  • Period. Pizza. Poltergeist.
  • Itinerant Nun in a Yellow Jalopy
• Secret Attic Contest Finalist for Most Marriages Performed
• Won Two Sisters Publishing Contest for Best Short Story: Sticker Shock
• Recipient of Institute for Women and Gender Studies: Creative Writing Award for Somebody Else in Kentucky
• Best of the Net 2020 nominee for Bi-Trekkie
• Short list in the Strands International Flash Fiction Competition for The Well-Heeled Woman
• Alien Buddha Press The Best of 2021 Anthology, Excerpt from Raising St. Elisabeth
• Maxy Awards Spring 2022 Judge