Diana McQuady
Diana McQuady's work has been published in anthologies, newspapers, newsletters, and journals, including a novel chapter, 'Fortunes Told,' in The Write Launch; a story, 'Flaming Star,' in the 2019 Cosumnes River Journal; and essays in the anthologies New Growth and I to I: Life Writing by Kentucky Feminists. She was the 2007-2008 Writer-in-Residence at Western Kentucky University and was co-chair of the Southern Kentucky Book Fest's Kentucky Writers Conference during its first five years. Diana holds an MFA in writing from Spalding University, works as a technical writer/communicator, and teaches at WKU.
Plan B
Joanna Gentry hadn’t been inside the building in over a decade, though throughout the first year following Patrick’s murder, she went to the parking lot daily. Coleman’s employees came by her Camry during those early months and stopped to speak, awkward conversations avoiding the mention of what had happened or even her presence there at all. Soon enough, they only waved.
Long Short Story
Issue 54, October 2021
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Fortunes Told
You turned up West 41st because Gwyneth wanted you to and because you were so horny you’d have done anything she suggested. Behind you Times Square felt relatively safe despite its seedy hotels and tawdry strip joints that held no romantic charm, regardless what musician had once stayed there. On that night it was all sleaze and filth without a hint of the Disneyfied street it would become a couple of decades later.
Novel Excerpts
Issue 24, April 2019
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Diana McQuady
Diana McQuady's work has been published in anthologies, newspapers, newsletters, and journals, including a novel chapter, 'Fortunes Told,' in The Write Launch; a story, 'Flaming Star,' in the 2019 Cosumnes River Journal; and essays in the anthologies New Growth and I to I: Life Writing by Kentucky Feminists. She was the 2007-2008 Writer-in-Residence at Western Kentucky University and was co-chair of the Southern Kentucky Book Fest's Kentucky Writers Conference during its first five years. Diana holds an MFA in writing from Spalding University, works as a technical writer/communicator, and teaches at WKU.
Plan B
Joanna Gentry hadn’t been inside the building in over a decade, though throughout the first year following Patrick’s murder, she went to the parking lot daily. Coleman’s employees came by her Camry during those early months and stopped to speak, awkward conversations avoiding the mention of what had happened or even her presence there at all. Soon enough, they only waved.
Long Short Story
Issue 54, October 2021
Issues Archive
Fortunes Told
You turned up West 41st because Gwyneth wanted you to and because you were so horny you’d have done anything she suggested. Behind you Times Square felt relatively safe despite its seedy hotels and tawdry strip joints that held no romantic charm, regardless what musician had once stayed there. On that night it was all sleaze and filth without a hint of the Disneyfied street it would become a couple of decades later.
Novel Excerpts
Issue 24, April 2019
Issues Archive