About
I am a writer in Boston, Massachusetts. My work has been published in Hayden's Ferry Review, the Chattahoochee Review, Juked, Jellyfish Review, Hobart, SmokeLong Quarterly, and more. I hold an MFA in Fiction from Bennington Writing Seminars.
I am the author of The Clarity of Hunger (Word West Press, 2021), a collection of flash fiction. I am currently at work on my first novel.
I am the recipient of a 2022 finalist grant in fiction from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and a 2023 MacDowell Fellowship.
To get in touch, write me at fabulistpappas (at) gmail.com, and you can find me @fabulistpappas on social.
Featured Work
Black Rocks
My story "Black Rocks" was recently published in Juked Magazine:
http://juked.com/2020/11/cheryl-pappas-black-rocks.asp
It tells the tale of a woman returning to the village where she grew up after she's accused of murdering a priest.
Other Works
Awards and Recognition
- Recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship (2023)
- Recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant in fiction (2022)
