would-be novelist,
flash fictionist,
non-fiction dabbler,
hopeful cynic,
fish out of water,
mom.
June 2013
My story Some Kind of Comfort was just accepted for publication by WhiskeyPaper!
May 2013
I reviewed apt (vol. 2, issue 3) for the Sundog Lit blog
April 2013
One of my tiny "picture prosems" was accepted for publication by *82 review!
February 2013
Guest Editor: SmokeLong
Vigil by Emily Rinkema is published by SmokeLong, chosen by Susan as Guest Editor
November 2012
Guest Judge: Hippocampus
Winners announced for Hippocampus Magazine's Contest for Creative Non-Fiction, chosen by Special Guest Judges Beverly Donofrio, Kevin Oderman and Susan Rukeyser.
new novel, as yet unpublished:
Not on Fire, Only Dying
Published Work
Fiction:
Atticus Review - Invasive Species
• Collected in: Get Lit, Round 1: Flash Fiction
Eclectic Flash - Spray-Tans in the 70s
Foundling Review - Stuck Shut
Ink, Sweat & Tears - Mother Lies
Melusine - Square and Callused
Metazen - His Venus
Necessary Fiction - The Worst Girl's Best Day
The Other Room (defunct) - On the Edge of Something Else
PANK - Hiccup
• Ask The Author: Susan Rukeyser (interview)
Short, Fast & Deadly - Dirty Business
SmokeLong Quarterly - Squall
• Smoking with Susan Rukeyser (interview)
Star 82 Review - After the Cabaret (forthcoming)
Stone Highway Review: Issue 2.1 - Scent Memory
The View from Here - What is Reflected
WhiskeyPaper - Some Kind of Comfort (forthcoming)
Creative Non-Fiction:
Hippocampus - X-rays Are My Souvenirs
• Grand Prize: Remember in November Contest for Creative Non-Fiction
• Reader's Choice: November 2011
• Nominated for Pushcart Prize
The Mom Egg, Vol 10: THE BODY - Our Bloody Secrets
• Essay praised in review by The Review Review
• Essay praised in review by NewPages
Miscellaneous:
Atticus Books Blog - Short Stories Are a Digestible Meal
Matter Press - Recipe: Compressed Fiction
SmokeLong Quarterly - Smoking with Emily Rinkema (interview)
Sundog Lit (blog) - apt | Volume 2 Issue 3 (A Review)
Twitter-length:
@escarp 1
@7x20 1 2 (reprinted from escarp)
@cnfonline 1 2 3 4
• Daily Winners, Creative Nonfiction's "Tiny Truths" Contest