“The Imaginary Dead Baby Seagull,” Conjunctions, Fall 2007 (an early version of this story appeared in Between C and D, Fall 1989)
“Boys vs. Girls,” Witness, Fall 2005
“Flood”, Isotope, Winter 2004
“Deep Breathing”, Nerve, March 25, 2004
“A Brief Survey of Ideal Desire”, Conjunctions, Spring 2003; reprinted in The story Behind the Story, Norton 2004.
“Homeland Security”, Northwest Edge, 2003
“Properties of Language”, Yale Review, Spring 2001.
“Ice”, Ploughshares, Spring 2001.
“The Society”, Hayden's Ferry Review, Spring/Summer 2000.
“The Ecstasy of Looking: Six Proofs”, Conjunctions, Spring 2000.
“Outside: Postcards from Abroad”, Web Conjunctions, February 15, 2000.
“The Rachel Mysteries: A Trilogy”, Nerve.com, July 20, 1999.
“Say Cincinnati”, Reaching Out, April 1997; reprinted in Listen With Your Heart, Friends Publications, 1998.
“Audrey”, Listening to Ourselves: More Stories from “The Sound of Writing”, As Heard on National Public Radio, Anchor Books, 1994; “Stories on Stage” theatrical production of story, Chicago, 1995.
“Gookus Explains the Eternal Mysteries”, Welter, 1992.
“Interference”, Wind, Volume 22, #71, 1992.
“Nothing”, Sun Dog: The Southeast Review, Volume 12, #1, 1992.
“Heart of a Dybbuk”, Confrontation, #48/49, Spring/Summer 1992.
“The Fourth Wonder of the World”, Folio, Winter 1991-1992.
“The Sixties”, Harper's, Volume 283, #1669, December 1991.
“The Heroic Mode”, Agni, #34, Fall 1991.
“Dead Father”, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Summer 1991, Volume 11, # 2.
“Ode to the Donner Party”, Story, Summer 1991.
“The Moon, Falling”, Black River Review, Summer 1991.
“War Wounds”, Conjunctions, #16, Spring 1991.
“Mother's Child”, Vital Lines:Contemporary Fiction about Medicine, St. Martin's Press, 1990.
“Contemporary Film Criticism”, Movieworks, The Little Theatre Press, 1990.
“The Imaginary Dead Baby Sea Gull”, Between C and D, Volume 5, #3, Fall 1989.
“Notes on Suicide”, After Hours, Volume 1, #4, Fall 1989.
“The Gun in the Grass at Your Feet”, The Quarterly, #10, Summer 1989; reprinted in English at Work, Glydendal, Norway, 1994.
“Johnny Roseboro, Jim Gilliam, Tommy Davis, et al.”, The South Carolina Review, Volume 21, #2, Spring 1989.
“Naming Names”, Letting Go, Volume 9, #2, February 1989; reprinted in To Say What Is Ours, National Stuttering Project, 1990.
“Shadow and Glass”, Oxalis, Winter 1990.
“Romania”, Letting Go, Volume 9, #2, February 1989.
“Third Rail”, Turnstile, Volume 1, #2, January 1989.
“Northern Light”, On the Edge, #6, May 1989.
“Oaxaca”, Lake Effect, Volume 4, Number #2, Summer 1989.
“Centrifugal Force”, Lake Effect, Volume 4, #2, Summer 1989.
“Wells”, From the Heartlands, Bottom Dog Press, December 1988.
“Lies”, Lake Effect, Volume 3, #3, Fall 1988.
“Babies”, Northern Light, Summer 1988.
“The War on Poverty”, Four Quarters, Volume 2, #2, Fall 1988.
“The Third Rail” (in a different version and under sponsorship of PEN Syndication), San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 1986.
“The Transportation of Dirt”, Northern Light, Spring 1986.
“Arnie & The Boys”, Northern Light, Fall 1985.