Ellen Birkett Morris

Ellen Birkett Morris HeadshotEllen Birkett Morris’s fiction has appeared in Choose Wisely: 35 Women Up to No Good, as well as Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, Santa Fe Literary Review, and Paradigm. "The Cycle of Life and Other Incidentals” was a finalist in the Glimmer Train Press Family Matters short story competition. Morris is a recipient of a 2013 Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council.

"May Apples" is the 2015 recipient of Shenandoah's Bevel Summers Short Short Story Contest.

May Apples

I. David and his grandfather walked through Blenheim Forest looking for May apples, the first sign of spring. His grandfather moved slowly, his bowed legs more wobbly than ever. When he was younger, David thought his body was fueled by … Continue reading