Here are a few of these earlier publications, some of which are available online: • McSweeney’s (#3, Fall 1999) • Playboy (November 2002) • Playboy (July 2003) • Southern Review (Summer 2001) • Story (Summer 1993) • New England Review (Winter 2002) • New England Review (Winter 2003) • River City (Summer 2000) • The Sound of Writing (Anchor Books, 1990) short story anthology: “Unnaturally Warm for October” Also available in audio format. • a poem "The Animals"