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Curriculum Vitae:

"Every Man...Every Woman Should..." Inspirational poster series published in 1991, co-authored and edited by Kay Smith-Blum (original text written by Teresa Elliott)

https://sawdustcityllc.com/every-woman-should/

“Targets,” humorous essay, Virus Days series, nominated for Best of the Net 2020

   Heavy Feather Review, May 2020  https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2020/05/07/smith-blum/

   Down in the Dirt Magazine (reprint):

    Online issue, June 2020, http://scars.tv/cgi-bin/framesmain.pl?writers

    Print version, November 2020, http://scars.tv/dirt/dirt177nov20/Pipe_Dreams.htm

   Late Frost collection, December 2020, http://scars.tv/2020September-December-issue-collection-book/Late_Frost.htm

   Anthology 2020, http://scars.tv/2020collection-book/Vote_Early_Read_Often.htm

 The Furious Gazelle, (reprint) January 2021, https://thefuriousgazelle.com/2021/01/12/kay-smith-blum/#more-3087

“Zooming Right Along,” humorous essay, Virus Days series Quail Bell Magazine, June 2020

http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-real-20/personal-essay-revamping-life-with-the-virus

 

“Testing, Testing,” humorous essay, Virus Days series Bewildering Stories, June 2020

http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue861/testing_testing.html

 

“Syon and Me,” humorous essay, Virus Days series Pif Magazine, December 2020

https://www.pifmagazine.com/2020/12/syon-and-me/

 

“Ringed In,” flash fiction (drawn from first novel) CommuterLit.com, September 2020

http://commuterlit.com/2020/09/wednesday-ringed-in/

 

“The Newcomer,” flash fiction

   Fiction Attic Press, January 2021 http://fictionattic.com/the-newcomer/

   CommuterLit.com, reprint June 2021 http://commuterlit.com/2021/06/wednesday-the-newcomer/

 

“Desco Drive,” a short story (drawn from second novel) Minerva Rising Press, Fall 2021

Print issue https://minervarising.com/subscribe/issue20/

 

“Reach,” flash creative non-fiction Change Seven Magazine, January 2022

https://changesevenmag.com/reach-by-kay-smith-blum/

 

“Wallpaper,” a flash fiction drawn from first novel, The Stray Branch, April 2022

http://www.thestraybranch.org/current-issue-2/29-spring-summer-2022/

 

“On Edge,” a creative non-fiction piece, nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize,

Yellow Arrow Publishing, Summer 2022 https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/yellow-arrow-journal-upspring-pdf

“Lines,” a fictional short story, Grande Dame Literary, August 2022

https://www.grandedameliterary.com/post/lines

"Daylight Saves," a flash creative non-fiction piece, Adelaide Magazine, December 2022

http://adelaidemagazine.org/2022/12/20/daylight-saves-by-kay-smith-blum/

"Ten Days," a personal essay, winner of Black Fox Lit's 2023 short story contest, April 2023

 https://blackfoxlitmag.com/readissue24/

"Stripped," a flash fiction piece, Zoetic Press, Heathertide Orphans anthology, December 2023

print only, https://shorturl.at/iOX16 

"The Calf," a companion short story to Tangles, Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women Women, an anthology, June 2024 https://shorturl.at/vGJ3Q

"Free Will," flash fiction, Fiction Southeast, coming TBD

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