Cat Russell shares her life with her high school sweetheart, their son, and other ferocious creatures in the wilds of Ohio while writing short stories, composing poetry, and learning more about the craft every day. Her work has been published in Flash Me magazine, Metro Fiction, Beyond Centauri, and the ‘Best of Friday Flash – Volume One‘ and ‘-Volume Two‘ anthologies, as well as Poetry Quarterly, Three Line Poetry, and the Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology. Her first book of poetry, Soul Picked Clean, published March 2019 by Crisis Chronicles Press. Her short story collection, An Optimist’s Journal of the End of Days and Other Stories, published August 2020 via Venetian Spider Press.
Publishing History
July 2010
Flash Me magazine (issue #29)
— Doomed*
August 2010
The Best of Friday Flash: Volume One (anthology)
— A Hell of a Job (flash fiction)*
February 2012
— Dream Guy (short story)*
April 2012
— Red Riding Hood Revised (flash fiction)*
May 2012
Twisted Tales (anthology from Raging Aardvark)
— Calico (flash fiction)*
October 2012
The Best of Friday Flash: Volume Two (anthology from eMergent Publishing)
– Femme Fatale (flash fiction)*
July 2016
Poetry Quarterly: Summer 2016
— “Windings” (poem)
Three Line Poetry: issue #38
— “tercet #3” (poem)
June 2017
Twisted Tales 2016: Flash Fiction with a Twist (anthology from Raging Aardvark)
–Mirror (flash fiction)
March 2019
Soul Picked Clean (poetry collection via Crisis Chronicles Press)
May 2019
Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology: 50th Anniversary (Poetry anthology from Writing Knights Press)
November 2019
In Context: The Eclectic Works of The Write Stuff Writers Group (anthology from Project 89 Media)
–Multiples of Six (flash fiction)
June 2020
Outdoor Voices in an Indoor World (video anthology via poet Keith Allison)
–contributed poems “Oasis” (32min 15sec) and “Social Distancing” (1 hour, 12 min, 13 sec)
July 2020
Thirteen Myna Birds (Summer flock via BloodPudding Press)
–“F bombs” and “Cheapskate Mid Life Crisis”
August 2020
An Optimist’s Journal of the End of Days and Other Stories
(short story collection via Venetian Spider Press)
January 2021
Thirteen Myna Birds (first issue of 2021 via BloodPudding Press)
–“the poisoned mouse” and “Inside Out”
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*The published flash stories previously appeared on my former Ganymeder blog, as well as the short story, “Dream Guy.”
