*Prize winners, finalists, and award nominations highlighted in RED
Updated FEBRUARY 5, 2026; recent publications in TEAL

BOOKS

• Intention Tremor: A Hybrid Collection (MoonPath Press, 2021)
• Cul de Sac Stories (Aqueduct Press, 2024)
• Rain Shadows: Dark Tales from Washington State (BTRS Books, 2025; PNBA Booksellers Award nominee, 2025)
• Trust Fall: A Not-Very-Magical Fairy Tale About the ‘F’ Word (Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2026)

GENERAL NONFICTION CREDITS 

(see also ANTHOLOGIES, below)

• “August 1975,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• “The End of the World,” Motherlode: Essays on Parenthood, 2014 (personal essay)
• “Enough,” Halfway Down The Stairs, 2016 (flash essay)
• “Gaze,” The Nervous Breakdown, June 2018 (flash essay)
• “In Which a Dream Finally Sticks Its Landing,” Tell Me, June 2024
• “Intersections,” Weber: The Contemporary West, 2014—WINNER, Dr. O. Marvin Lewis Essay Award, 2014; NOMINATED,  John S. Burroughs Nature Essay Prize, 2015 (creative nonfiction)
• “John Cunningham Lives,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• “New Ways of Listening: Music as Creative Inhale,” Ambling Along the Aqueduct, December 2023
• “The Nth Half-Yearly MRI,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Outer Limits,” True Stories VI, 2023
• “The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2024, pt. 13: Tamara Kaye Sellman,” Ambling Along the Aqueduct, December 2024
• “Podcasts from the Shadows: For those of us who like to explore the dark places,” Ambling Along the Aqueduct, January 2026
• “The Vintage Bradbury” [essay w/image collage], Widening Our Worlds zine, February 2026
• “Witches’ Hearts,” NonBinary Review (Hans Christian Anderson tribute), 2017 (personal essay)
• “The Words, But For The Words,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• “You, too, can prevent MS identity theft,” MS Focus, Winter 2022 (flip to pages 44-45)
• “Zebrafish Husbandry,” Blanket Sea, 2019; Intention Tremor, 2021

NOVEL CREDITS 

• The Borderlands—FINALIST, Pacific Northwest Writers Association mystery novel category, 2012

SHORT STORY CREDITS 

(see also ANTHOLOGIES, below)

A-D

• “About the Ichor Forest,”Flash of the Dead: Halloween, 2025 [Wicked Shadow Press]; Let the Right One Simmer, 2026 [Campfire Publishing]
• “Air Strike in NoMan’s Land,”Life, Death, and Transmutation, 2026 [Dark Moon Rising Publications]
• “Alchemy,” Penumbra, 2025
• “Apparent Suicide: A Postpartum Fairy Tale,” Literary Mama, 2006
• “April 9,” Crab Creek Review, 2018; Cul de Sac Stories, 2024
• “Arrogant Gretel,” Bellingham Weekly, 2004 
• “Blood Tunnel,” Like Water for Quarks, 2011; Cul de Sac Stories, 2024
• “The Broken,” Something on Our Minds, 2015
• “Bushcraft,”YuleHide (Green Book), 2026 [Wicked Shadow Press]
• “Cinderella: Postmodern Torch Song,” Susurrus: The Literature of Madness, 2006 
• “Cracked Windshield,” Lowestoft Chronicle, 2012
• “The Drift,” Outsider Ink, 2003; Literary Mama, 2004 

E-I

• “Early Childhood Education,” Lowestoft Chronicle, Sept 2024 
• “Eating Words,” EMG-Zine, 2008
• “Exfoliation,”Camp Crypticon II, 2025 
• “Exit the Usherette,”The Big Book of Quantum Fiction, 2026 
• “Flat Earth,” Quibble Lit, 2023 
• “Flight,” The Crescent Review, 2000 
• “Fragrance Free,” Burning House Press, 2020
• “Ghosting,” Rain Shadows: Dark Tales from Washington State, 2025 
• “Group Admin, Illness Forum,” Pioneertown, 2017; Intention Tremor, 2021
• “In the Safeway Parking Lot,” Cirque, 2021
• “The Intuitions of Mim,” Zacatecas, 2003; Fine Print, 2000—FINALIST, publication contest, 2000

J-N

• “Lather, Rinse, Repeat,” Lurking, 2024; Let the Right One Simmer, 2026 [Campfire Publishing] 
• “Least Resistance,” Sunspinner, 2005 
• “Leave No Trace,” Rain Shadows: Dark Tales from Washington State, 2025 
• “Like Blackberry Juice,” Rose Red Review, 2012; Let the Right One Simmer, 2026 [Campfire Publishing] 
• “Madam’s Curse,” Margin: Exploring Modern Magical Realism, 2002; Words of Wisdom, 1999—WINNER, publication contest, 1999; Cul de Sac Stories, 2024
• “Meow Meow,” Rain Shadows: Dark Tales from Washington State, 2025 
• “Messages,” Cezanne’s Carrot, 2006—WINNER, Best of CC, 2006
• “Morpheus Does Some Spring Cleaning,” Diagonal Proof, 2011
• “Napoleon Makes the Cover of The National Enquirer,” Diagonal Proof, 2011
• “Nests,” Faultline, 2001 
• “Nurse Log,” Rain Shadows: Dark Tales From Washington State, 2025

O-R

• “Ouroboros,” Something On Our Minds, 2015; Wordgathering, 2016; Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Oyster Coast,” AIM: America’s Intercultural Magazine, 1997—WINNER, publication contest
• “Peppercorns,” Gargoyle, 2005 
• “The Rosaries of Raggedy Ann,” Rosebud, 1997—NOMINATED, Pushcart Prize; Cul de Sac Stories, 2024

S-Z

• “Sandman,” Cenotaph Pocket Editions, 2003 
• “The Scar,” Rain Shadows: Dark Tales From Washington State, 2025
• “Search Engine,” Long Story Short, 2007—WINNER, publication contest; WINNER, Best of LSS, 2007
• “Selvage,” Superpresent, 2026 
• “Shanghai,” Rain Shadows: Dark Tales From Washington State, 2025
• “Shrapnel Over Chicago: August, 1989,” MOTA 3: Courage, 2003; Cul de Sac Stories, 2024; WayWords Literary Journal, 2026
• “Since That First Night of Lit Halls,” Other Voices, 2001; Writing it Real, 2005; Cantaraville II, 2007; Cul de Sac Stories, 2024 
• “The Spinster,” Midnight Circus, 2016; Cul de Sac Stories, 2024
• “The Third Way,” Terrain, 2008; Cul de Sac Stories, 2024; Stygian Lepus, 2026
  
• “Thieves,”Ink In Thirds, 2025
• “Three Best Practices for Helping Bottlenecked Earthbounds,”Interesting Times, 2025
• “Tiger’s Eyes,” Clackamas Literary Review, 2006 
• “The Trouble With Sweets, In General,” Alimentum Journal, 2012
• “The Weight,” The Hiss Quarterly, 2007 

POETRY CREDITS 

(see also ANTHOLOGIES, below)

A-C

• “Accepting Yellow,” Scotch Broom, 1999
• “After Midnight, I’m Reduced,” the Lyric Recovery poetry festival winner’s anthology, 2004; Facets, 2002—FINALIST, Lyric Recovery poetry festival
• “Air Strike In No Man’s Land,” WildSound poetry festival, 2025
• “Alive,” The Pedestal, 2004
• “Alone on the Day Before Mother’s Day,” The Gateway, 2005
• “American Blackshirt,” Edge City Review, 2002; Collective Unrest, Sept 2018
• “Angels: La Push, Washington,” Exhibition, 2001
• “Anniversary Portrait,” BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2002
• “Blue Tarp,” Gargoyle, Summer 2020
• “Breath,” Adolphus Press, Fall 2018
• “The Bridge,” Something On Our Minds, 2017
• “Bubble,” BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2000
• “Bus Stop Meditation,” BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2014; Poetry Jumps Off The Shelf project, 2007
• “Carmelita Licks a Stamp,” King County Arts Commission Bus Poetry, 2001—WINNER, Poetry on the Buses contest
• “Cellular Movement,” The Pedestal Magazine, 2001
• “Child’s Daydream,” Segue, 2002
• “Clam Season,” Segue, 2002; Stories with Grace, 2003
• “Coals,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Crossword Clue: Road to a Cure,” Intention Tremor, 2021

D-F

• “Diagnosis,” Something On Our Minds, 2017; Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Diary of a Syndrome: A Hypochondriac’s Blitz,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Dopesick,” Conclave OUTLIERS edition, 2020
• “Dozens of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books,” Poetry Midwest, 2003
• “Driftwood,” Moon Journal, 1997
• “Early Winter,” The Pedestal Magazine, 2001 
• “Entwined,” Lunarosity, 2004 
• “Evacuation Plan #1,” Peralta Press, 2002 
• “Expedition on the Windward Side,” WAH 3, 2005 
• “The Expert,” Halfway Down the Stairs, Sept 2018; Intention Tremor, 2021 
• “Fabricland,” BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2009
• “Fallen Stars,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• “February Ferry Ride,” Segue, 2002 
• “The Flame Blue Road,” Exhibition, 1999
• “Fleas,” New Verse News, 2005 

G-J

• “Garden Journal,” Hunnybee, 2020
• “Grace,” Artemis, 2002; Stories with Grace, 2003
• “Hawthorns Grew Outward in Threes,” ByLine Best of 2002 edition, 2003
• “Hot Bath Test,” Something On Our Minds, 2017; Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Immortality,” HIV Here & Now, 2015; Switched-on Gutenberg, 2001 (prose poem issue)—NOMINATED, Pushcart Prize, 2001—reprinted in Russian translation for Literature Without Borders HIV/AIDS anthology, ed. Dmitry Kuzmin, 2024
• “Impostor,” Friction, 2012
• “Intention Tremor,” Intention Tremor, 2021—NOMINATED, Pushcart Prize
• “Journal Entry,” Hunnybee, 2020

K-N

• “Kanab,” Cirque, March 2019; Intention Tremor, 2021
• “A Late Hike, and I am Caught,” The Griffin, 2002, 2003; Artemis, 2002
• “The Law of Eating,” hipMama, 1999; BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2002
• “Love Letter to a Grandmother,” Turtle Island Quarterly, 2022
• “L-U-C-K,” Red Rock Review, 2005
• “Making Paneer,” Spoon River Poetry Review, 2003
• “Map to New Normal,” Snapdragon, 2019; Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Marvels in Maritime” (haiku triptych), BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2006
• “No Demons Will Be Risen More Slowly,” Open Road, 2012

O-Q

• “Oak Park Avenue,” suspect thoughts, 2004
• “On Being Pregnant During Chicago’s Hottest Summer,” Lunarosity, 2004
• “On September 22,” The Pedestal Magazine, 2001; Collective Unrest, Sept 2018
• “On the Day After Gary Ridgway’s 48 Confessions,” Naugatuck River Review, 2012; Broken City, 2017
• “On the Development of Clouds,” Segue, 2002; Stories with Grace, 2003; BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2012
• “Once Upon a Time,” suspect thoughts, 2004
• “Outing in Seattle,” Segue, 2002
• “A Poem (from Scratch),” ByLine, 2002
• “Postcard from the North Shore,” Conversations Across Borders, 2011
• “Post-September 11th Vision,” poetsagainstthewar.org, 2003
• “Projection,” Facets, 2002
• “Puddles,” BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2000
• “Quarantine,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Queets River Invocation,” Turtle Island Quarterly, 2022

R-T

• “Racer in July,” Lunarosity, 2004
• “Racer’s Edge,” Snapdragon: A Journal for Art & Healing, 2017
• “Resolution,” Melange, 2001
• “Runaway,” suspect thoughts, 2004
• “Sea Change,” HerMark 2004 Datebook, WomanMade Gallery, 2003; Bainbridge Island poetry exhibit, 2007
• “Sharing Roethke with Amanda,” BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2007
• “Sideways,” Postcard Poems and Prose, Fall 2018
• “Slow Information,” Alligator Juniper, 2002; poetsagainstthewar.org, 2003; Collective Unrest, Sept 2018
• “Spur: Big Quilcene River Road,” kaleidowhirl, 2006; Tower Poetry, 2001-2002
• “Stubborn Tourist,” North American Review, 2004—FINALIST, publication contest
• “Suddenly, She Can’t Finish Sentences When She Tries to Order Starbucks,” Loud Coffee Press, 2020; finalist, Margaret Reid Poetry; Intention Tremor, 2021
• Contest/Winning Writers, 2020
• “Taboo,” BIAHC’s Poet’s Corners Project, 2002; The Raven Chronicles, 2003
• “Tecfidera,” Intention Tremor, 2021—NOMINATED, Pushcart Prize
• “Thistle, in a Prism,” Can We Have Our Ball Back?, 2003
• “Traveling Salesman,” Tattoo Highway, 2003
• “Two A.M.,” Poetry Midwest, 2003
• “Two Left Feet,” Intention Tremor, 2021

U-Z

• “Uhthoff’s Phenomena,” Barking Sycamores, 2016; Barking Sycamores anthology (2017); The Coil (2019); Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Urban Flight,” Northwest Cultural Council, Barrington, IL, 2004—FINALIST, art contest
• “Visibility,” Lift Every Voice (Kissing Dynamite anthology) (2019); Verse Daily, 2021—FEATURED SELECTION; Intention Tremor, 2021
• “Water Birth,” Quarterly West, 2003
• “While in Chicago,” StepAway Magazine, 2012
• “While Training for the Autumn 10k,” Emerald City Ghosts, 2025
• “With Alexia Without Agraphia,” Intention Tremor, 2021
• WTO haiku collaboration, The Bremerton Sun, 2000
• “The Year I Came Home From the War,” Intention Tremor, 2021

Lurking
2024: ed. Robin Knabel/Dark Decades Series for Inky Bones Press
“Lather, Rinse, Repeat” – story
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True Stories VI
2024: ed. Cami Ostman & Dana Tye Rally/SideKick Press & The Narrative Project
“Outer Limits” – essay
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Something On Our Minds
2017: ed. Laura G. Kolaczkowski, Caroline C. Kyriakou, Tracy A. Todd
“The Bridge,” “Diagnosis,” “Hot Bath Test” – poems
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The Tales of Hans Christian Anderson
2017: NonBinary Review/Zoetic Press
“Witches’ Hearts” –  essay
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Barking Sycamores

2017

“Uhthoff’s Phenomena” –  poem

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Retail Woes: Poems from Both Sides of the Counter 

2013: eds. Nick Hale, Jillian Roath

“Nonsmoking Junkie” – poem
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Jane’s Stories III Anthology – Women Writing Across Boundaries 

2012: ed. Glenda Bailey-Mershon

“Coldwater Gratitude” – poem

 Penumbra: Speculative Fiction from the Pacific Northwest

O! Taste and See: Food Poems

2003: Bottom Dog Press, ed. David Lee Garrison

“First Radish” – poetry
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Jane’s Stories II 

2000: Wild Dove Studio & Press, ed. Glenda Bailey Mershon

“Passage Into No Man’s Land” – short story (no cover)
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SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT

• Fault Lines [2012: ed. Tony Pfannenstiel] – “Friday Night Jam at the Cantina” – poem
• Sea Stories [2006, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute] – “Sea Monster” – poem
• Lyric Recovery [2004: poetry festival winner’s anthology] – “After Midnight, I’m Reduced” – poem
• HerMark 2004 Datebook [2004, WomanMade Gallery] – “Sea Change” – poem
• MOTA 3: Courage [2003: Triple Tree Publishing, ed. Karen Joy Fowler] – “Shrapnel Over Chicago: August, 1989” – short story
• Voices Along The River [2001, Kellogg Environmental Center || Naugatuck River Review] – “Asking Back The Pheasant” – poem
• Hair Trigger XIII [1991: Columbia College Press] – “A Fish Story” – short story