“Carker (pdf excerpt)." The Georgia Review.
Reprinted in the 2008 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories anthology

“Congratulations, Baby.” Quarterly West.
(Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)

“A Step Ahead.” Black Warrior Review. (One of the 100 Distinguished Stories in The Best American Short Stories 2007)

“Labor Day.” Nimrod International Journal.
(Honorable Mention in the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction)

“Little Girl.” The Journal. (Winner of the AWP Intro Journals Award)

“Don’t Leave Me.” Gulf Coast.