Red Spinny Dress
Red Spinny Dress won third place in the 2023 Bucks County Short Story Competition. The story is available to read online at BCCC – English Dept, or you can send me a request for a copy.
Red Spinny Dress is a love story between two men who have been together for five decades and now one is dying. It’s told from the perspective of the caregiver who describes their loving relationship which was verbalized in Jeffrey Osbornes’s classic ballad: “Greatest Love Affair”.
Red Spinny Dress is a story of how one man’s Halloween costume, a red dress that flared out like an umbrella when he spun, brought him such joy. Only slow dancing with his husband to ‘their’ song, ranked higher. The last thing the two men did was to slow dance, one man in an old tux, the other in the red dress, to “Greatest Love Affair”.
To read this story, go to the Bucks County Community College website. Click here. Or drop me a note for a copy.
Beach Misses
Beach Secrets was awarded three prizes by the 2022 Delaware Press Association:
1st Place – Collection of Short Stories by Multiple Authors published by Cat & Mouse Press.
Book Edited by Entrant, Nancy Sakaduski,
3rd Place for Single Short Story, “A Well-Watered Mind,” Kim DeCicco.
I’m proud to be a part of this award-winning collection with my storie “Beach Misses”. Much gratitude to Nancy, for her superb editing, and to my fantastic Beta-Ladies – Pam, Pat, and Rosemarie – for their insight and honest critique.
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Sometimes You Just Have To Dive In
Sandy Paws was awarded one prize by the 2021 Delaware Press Association:
1st Place – Collection of Short Stories by Multiple Authors published by Cat & Mouse Press
Sandy Paws was awarded one prize by the 2021 NFPW National Communications Contest:
2nd Place in the category of Collection of Short Stories Written by Multiple Authors published by Cat & Mouse Press.
For more information on the award, click here – https://www.nfpw.org
For the local news article, click here – https://www.capegazette.com/article/cat-mouse-press-books-win-awards-national-contest/222044
Beach Thief
Beach Fun was awarded one prize by the 2018 Delaware Press Association:
2nd place in the Collection of Short Stories Written by Multiple Authors published by Cat & Mouse Press.
My story was was awarded the 3rd place prize by the anthology judges.
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Life Starts on Tiptoes
Beach Life was awarded one prize by the 2019 Delaware Press Association:
1st place in the Collection of Short Stories Written by Multiple Authors published by Cat & Mouse Press.
For the local news article, click here – https://www.capegazette.com/article/lewes-publisher-wins-awards-be-presented-may-3/153706
Stacy Fischer Can Dance The Tango
Beach Nights was awarded one prize by the 2017 Delaware Press Association:
1st place in the Collection of Short Stories Written by Multiple Authors published by Cat & Mouse Press.
My story was was awarded a “Judges Award” by the anthology judges.
https://www.capegazette.com/article/cat-mouse-press-wins-national-awards/135015
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