Cecilia Kennedy
The Short List:
Short Story Collections (Bold type leads to the publisher site.)
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Twenty-Four-Hour Shift: Dark Tales from on and off the Clock. DarkWinter Press, 2023.
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The Places We Haunt. Potter's Grove Publishers, 2020. Reprinted by Baxter House Press, DarkWinter Press imprint, 2024.
Sampling of Stories Published in Literary Magazines (Click on the bold type to read the stories.)
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"Photo Shoot with Possessed Bunnies." (in The Other Folk: Articles, Essays, Stories & Poems in Media & Life)
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"Devil's Urn." (in Free Flash Fiction)
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"Field Notes for an Umbrella" (in Meadowlark Review, University of Wyoming)
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"Particles" (Nominated for Pushcart Prize & Best Small Fictions Awards in Vast Chasm Literary Magazine)
Books Edited (Bold type leads to the site for each book.)
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But the Wicked Shall Perish by Catori Sarmiento, Running Wild Press, 2025. (Nominated for the National Book Award)
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God is a Tequila Worm by Tim Rousseau, Running Wild Press, 2024.
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The Harvest by Diego Rauda, Running Wild Press, 2024.
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Shadowland by Phillip Hampton, Running Wild Press, 2023.
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Detached by Alisa Burris, Running Wild Press, 2022.
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Morlocks in the Basement by Carolyn Colburn, Running Wild Press, 2022.
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Delirium's Muse by Michaël Wertenberg, Running Wild Press, 2022.
Editorial Reviewer for Writing Manuals & Collections (Name Appears in Credits)
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Bedford/St. Martin's: Holly Bauer, Food Matters: A Bedford Spotlight Reader, 2nd ed., 2017.
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Rise B. Axelrod, Charles R. Cooper, and Alison M. Warriner, Reading Critically, Writing Well, 10th ed., 2014.
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W.W. Norton: Richard Bullock, Maureen Daly Goggin, and Francine Weinberg, The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook, 4th ed., 2016.
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Cengage: John Mauk and John Metz, Inventing Arguments, 2nd ed., 2009 and 3rd ed., 2013.
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McGraw Hill: Rebecca Moore Howard Writing Matters, 1st ed., 2009; 2nd ed., 2012; and 3rd ed., 2016.
Academic Works
Textbook:
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Sitios: A Community-Inspired Approach to Spanish, 1st ed., Kendall Hunt, 2012. (Ksenia Bonch Reeves, co-author).
Click here for a link to the back cover copy blurb.
Academic Articles:
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“Relationship of the Bride and Bereaved: A Trilogy for Contemporary Performance of Works by Gil Vicente and Lucas Fernández.” Hispanófila, no. 144, 2005, pp. 1-16. (Cheryl Folkins McGinniss and Charlotte Walters McGinniss, co-authors).
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“Legitimando lo imaginado: dimensiones ocultas de las leyendas de San Ginés de Pedro de Rivadeneira, S. J. (1599) y de lo fingido verdadero de Lope de Vega.” El texto puesto en escena, edited by Bárbara Mujica and Anita K. Stoll, Tamesis, 2000, pp. 104-112.
Long List of Select Published & Anthologized Stories:
Select Short Stories in Literary Magazines
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"The Hoarder Next Door." Blydyn Square Review, Feb. 13, 2026.
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"What You Need to Know When the HOA Turns Susan Into a Slushee Machine." Expat Literary Journal, April 25, 2025.
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"The Day They Put a Dead Shark in the Water at Town Point Beach." The Molotov Cocktail, March 28, 2025.
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"Postcard from the Patio Bar." Chewers by Masticadores, March 28, 2025.
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"Hand Over Hand." Suddenly, and Without Warning, March 2, 2025.
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"Bones to Pick." Rusty Truck, Nov. 13, 2024.
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"Things I Remember When I Found a Lizard in Jane's Hair in High School." miniMAG, issue 115, September 13, 2024, p.
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"Funeral Planning." Yuzu Press, issue 5, August 6, 2023.
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"To Hold Water." Bulb Culture Collective, reprint, May 9, 2023.
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"Regurgitation." Bright Flash Literary Review, January 3, 2023.
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"The Secret Life of Dance Shoes." Roi Fainéant, May 15, 2022.
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"Guitar Girl." Idle Ink, May 1, 2021.
Select Short Stories in the Horror/Speculative Fiction Genre
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"The Stick Children." Slash, March 3, 2026.
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"Dad's Legendary Ashes." Wound Up Literary, Dec. 9, 2025.
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"Dance Macabre: A Love Story." Suddenly, and Without Warning, Oct. 30, 2025.
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"No Vacancy." DarkWinter Press Magazine, Oct. 2, 2025.
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"Lilibet." 365 Tomorrows, Sept. 30, 2025.
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"Family Photo." Short Beasts , April 2, 2025.
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"About Your Possessed Fuzzball Robotic Pet." Expat Press, Jan. 15, 2025.
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"Second Skin." DarkWinter Literary Magazine, Jan. 2, 2025.
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"Commencement Day." Dumbo Press, Dec. 20, 2024.
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"Vintage Vows." Tiny Frights, vol 3, no 2, Oct. 31, 2024.
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"Final Girl Wannabe." Tiny Frights, vol. 3, no. 2, Oct. 31, 2024.
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"Zombie Synchronized Swimming FAQs." The Spotlong Review, Oct. 18, 2024.
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"Marcy Stevens Sends a Stool Sample." Underbelly Press, August 16, 2024.
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"Kiss the Phrogger." Suddenly and Without Warning, June 21, 2024.
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"The Weekend Shift." 365 Tomorrows, January 13, 2024.
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"Corporate Announcement Regarding the Monster in the Stairwell." Witcraft Literary Magazine, January 11, 2024.
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"The Mothman's Bride." Roi Fainéant, December 26, 2023.
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"Bottled." Cutleaf Journal, September 28, 2023.
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"Gravity." The Amazine, July 21, 2023.
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"Home Repairs." Twin Bird Review, issue 1.1, June 6, 2023.
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"Sunset Point." Jake Magazine, March 9, 2023.
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"Lengthy Footnote Covering Unusual Disturbances at the Township Council Meeting, County Ledger Entry No. 205599428a." Jake Magazine, June 30, 2022.
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"Re-Sourceful." Pyre, April 14, 2022.
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"Neighborhood Starfish Collector." Bombfire Literary Magazine, January 29, 2022.
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"Underground Tour." A Thin Slice of Anxiety, December 14, 2021.
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"Muzak." Tiny Molecules, issue 9, June 21, 2021.
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"Lake 22." Goat's Milk Magazine, Issue 6, February 1 2021, pp. 4-12.
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"The Wind Up Key." Defenestrationism, Defenestrationism.net, 2020, Jan. 26.
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"The Barracuda in the Pool." Flash Fiction Magazine, Aug. 5, 2019.
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"On the Downbeat." Maudlin House Literary Magazine, Nov 25, 2018.
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"Teacher Training Video." Scars Publications, June 1, 2018.
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"Molecular Bonds." Theme of Absence: An Online Magazine of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction, edited by Jason Bougger, March 9, 2018.
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"Hello." Theme of Absence: An Online Magazine of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction, edited by Jason Bougger, April 7, 2017.
Select Creative Nonfiction Pieces/Articles
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"Ghost Hunters Report Having to Work Two, Sometimes Three Jobs." R U Joking (Rowan University), Oct. 29, 2025.
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"In Search of Ghosts and Happy Haunts." Horror Writers Association (blog), Oct. 9, 2025.
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"WiHM 2023: Women Writers Shaping the Future of Horror." Horror Tree, March 17, 2023.
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"Halloween Haunts: Halloween Memories in the Basement." Horror Writers Association (blog), 2021, October 8.
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"Academia: The Board Game." Rejection Letters, April 23, 2021.
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"Surviving the Underpants Recession of 2016." HeadStuff, June 4, 2018.
Select Anthologized Stories in the Horror/Speculative Fiction Genre
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"Soul Grinder." Don't Break the Oath, edited by Jill Girardi and Janine Pipe, Kandisha Press, October 31, 2021.
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"The Globe." Blood and Bone: An Anthology of Body Horror by Women and Non-Binary Writers, edited by A. R. Ward, Ghost Orchid Press, September 22, 2021. pp. 147-151.
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"Double the Sugar." Best of 2020: Potato Soup Journal, edited by Julie Howard and Chandra Mayer, June 2021.
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"The Cake Box." Atomic Flyswatter Vol. 1, edited by Todd Crawford and Maureen Crowley, December 2020, pp. 17-20.
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"The Guacamole and Frosé Party." Atomic Flyswatter Vol. 1, edited by Todd Crawford and Maureen Crowley, December 2020, pp. 21-24.