About
Teresa's fiction and nonfiction have been published widely in US and International literary journals and anthologies. Most recently, her story collection Hold Off The Night, a finalist for three book prizes, 2023 Pure Slush Press, a subsidiary of Bequem Publishing. Her stories have been recognized in many contests, including those at Glimmer Train, Narrative; "War Paint" was recently awarded the 52nd New Millennium Award for Fiction, 2022.
She is the founder of Lakeshore Writers Workshop , an AWA Affiliate, where she offers coaching, workshops and developmental editing services.
Featured Work
Hold Off The Night

Hold Off the Night's twelve stories find people wrestling with the difficulties inherent in composing a life, navigating change, and salvaging relationships, complicated by class and faith, fear and loyalty, and longings that resonate with the broader human experience.
Other Works
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"Oh Brother" LOVE Anthology, Pure Slush Books,
November 2021
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"Kinship", Next Tribe
May 2021
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"A Hard Man to Find" in The Courtship of Winds
December 2022
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"Fairy Dust" Growing Up Lifespan Vol. 2, Pure Slush Books
April 2021
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"War Paint" WINNER New Millennium 53rd Annual Writing Award
2022
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"The Man Side of the Bed" in Stories That Need To Be Told 2022, A Tulip Tree Anthology
2022
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"Abundance," Mid-American Review
2019
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"Donald Trump, Thank you?" Dr. T. J. Eckleburg Review
2019
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"A Whole Hand" The Madison Review
2017
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"Wild Places" Alaska Quarterly Review
2016
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"Magic Fingers" Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose
2016