dionoreillyJul 18, 202313 minThe Rivers and Valleys of Santa Cruz, CaliforniaThis was one of the first short stories I published in about 2004. It was published in Lily Literary Review. My mother kept our ranch as...
dionoreillyJul 18, 20236 minBarbie and the Burn ScarsThis piece first appeared in Antithesis Common Magazine in 2006. It was later anthologized here. I can’t talk about my burns. There’s a...
dionoreillyJul 18, 20233 minSeattle 1979Published in Lily Literary Review I looked down and saw that my shoes were stupid. I burst into tears. “Hey, what’s wrong with you?” The...