Short Stories
“The Do Better Girl,” Sequestrum Literature and Arts, forthcoming.
“The Cottage” Torch Literary Arts, Friday Feature (May 25, 2023). This story is nominated for the 2024 O. Henry Prize.
“Broken Thing,“ Taint Taint Taint Magazine, Issue 3, (Summer 2022). This story is the WINNER of the James Baldwin Literary Award in Fiction.
“The Burning,” Private Lives: Stories from the Missouri Review, TMR Books, 2022. (reprint)
“America the Beautiful,” Tupelo Quarterly (August 15, 2021). This story is the WINNER of the TQ24 Prose Open Prize.
“Sweet Home Chicago,” Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora (46.2): 73-82.
“The Burning,” The Missouri Review (Spring 2021): 100-115.
Novel
Stay tuned . . . good things are brewing!
Gail Upchurch 