“These stories are heartbreaking, telling the truth about life and death and what it takes to keep going. They… provide a kind of training in what it means to be human.”
— Sarah Stone, author, Hungry Ghost Theater
“Michelle writes stories with a big heart, on family and human relationships and the inevitability of change and loss.”
— David Haynes, author, Right by My Side
2021
Extra InningsElder Mountain: A Journal of Ozarks Studies
2018
Forty-Love OR How to Manage Your Mid-Life CrisisTucson Festival of Books Literary Awards, Finalist, 2018
2017
The Woman Who Shot Jesse JamesBosque #7, Fiction Prize, Honorable Mention
2015
Cancer (& Other Unforgivable Curses)Nimrod International Journal: Awards Issue #37
The 2015 Lascaux Review Prize Anthology, Finalist
Literal Latte, Fiction Prize Winner, 2015
Pooled Ink: 2015 Northern Colorado Writers Contest Winners, Editor's Pick
2014
SlipknotMidwestern Gothic, Spring 2014
2007
Your Mama's a LlamaLiterary Mama, April 2007
2002
Whistling in the DarkThe Sulphur River Literary Review, Fall 2002
1999
Riding in the MiddleThe Green Hills Literary Lantern, Spring 1999