Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • Short Story Interview: Zachary Jernigan

    News The stories, poems, and visual works for the 2014 Art & Words Show have been chosen, and I’m excited to see what everyone comes up with for the final show; view the selected visual works and the authors involved here. Here’s a sneak peak of some of the previously published written works: “The Rumination…

  • “The Mammoth” — Ideomancer (December 2013)

    “The Mammoth” — Ideomancer (December 2013)

    My story “The Mammoth” appeared on Ideomancer in December of 2013. First line: “The mammoth skeleton stands in the distance, barely visible below the drooping limbs of monstrous evergreens.” Inspiration: Set in a world populated with the skeletons of extinct animals, “The Mammoth” is about a father and daughter who take a camping trip together,…

  • “The Land of Phantom Limbs” — Flash Fiction Online (January 2014)

    “The Land of Phantom Limbs” — Flash Fiction Online (January 2014)

    My story “The Land of Phantom Limbs” appeared on Flash Fiction Online in January of 2014. First line: “After the grenade went off under him, they had no choice but to cut off Jon’s arm.” Inspiration: In high school I read Johnny Got His Gun. The frantic pace of the narrative moved me to tears,…