ABOUT
Cat Russell shares her life with her high school sweetheart, their son, and another ferocious creature 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 the Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology: 50th Anniversary, The Best of Friday Flash vol 1 and vol 2, and Common Threads 2021. 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, came out August 2020 via Venetian Spider Press, and her newest book is her first novel, Pinholes: Traveling Through the Curtain of the Night published November 2021 via Writing Knights Press. Her next poetry collection, Kaleidoscope, is due to be published by Venetian Spider Press later this year.
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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
(book: 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
(book: 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”
September 2021
VALA Convergence Project (as part of “an Auditory and Literary component of the Visual art exhibition, “Convergence” on view at the George Schlegel Gallery in Roeland Park, KS through October 1, 2021.”)
–Day 27: “Bookstore Quarantine” and “The Man with the Oxygen Tube”
In Review: The Eclectic Works of The Write Stuff Authors Group
–“The New Norm,” “Flawed Beauty,” and “What The Poet Sees”
–poetry editor
November 2021
Pinholes: Traveling Through the Curtain of the Night
(book: humorous scifi novel via Writing Knights Press)
December 2021
Common Threads 2021 (annual anthology via Ohio Poetry Association)
–“Used Graveyard”
2022 (tbd publication date)
Kaleidoscope
(book: poetry collection via Venetian Spider Press)
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*The published flash stories previously appeared on my former Ganymeder blog, as well as the short story, “Dream Guy.”
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