A Simple Twist of Fate
“A Simple Twist of Fate” is going to appear in Kestrel! “A Simple Twist of Fate” is my latest short story, and it has just been accepted...
Author: Kim
Kimberly Davis spent a lot of years sailing. She is currently a writer, editor, and teacher. She also designs websites and is the director at Madville Publishing.
Micro-fiction 50-Word Story
Writing micro-fiction is an act of puzzle making. Micro-fiction is a style I have been uncertain about trying, so this publication came as a total surprise. I w...
A Clip from The Conch Shell 1979
An Article I wrote in 1979, “Preserving the Reefs” I was going through some old newspaper clippings my mother saved and I came across this article I...
Continuing to Workshop
My life is pretty chaotic. I am a publisher, sometimes professor, mother, and wife. I have a house full of animals to care for and an acre of land to “hus...
NYC Midnight FF Challenge 2019
It’s that time of year again. The results have just come in for the first round of the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction challenge. My stories do a little better...
Long Lost Story
I just came across a long lost story! I never knew this micro-story I wrote won a prize. I was looking for the judge’s name from a previous story of mine ...
Do You Know the Bunny Hop?
“Do You Know the Bunny Hop?” Origins I wrote “Do You Know the Bunny Hop?” for a competition in which it placed but was not published. I ...
You’ve signed a contract. Now what?
These notes accompany a talk I’ve given at a few writers conferences.—Kim Traditional Publishing versus Self-publishing The publishing world has cha...
Strings of Solace–on Jerry Jazz Musician
Origins of the story I wrote “Strings of Solace” for my first MFA workshop. It’s been languishing in my “to be published” pile for...
Basking in the Feeble Glow of Recognition
Someone Remembers Me I had an inkling. I knew my friend planned to say something about me in the inaugural issue of the ASAT News, because as I was packing up a...