Robley Wilson

A Japanese-language edition of The Victim's Daughter (1991) is now available from Tokyo publisher Sakuhin-sha. The cover (see at right) is stunning, with eerily realistic blood drops.

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A short story, "Period Piece", appeared in the Fall 2009 issue of The Hopkins Review.
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"The Mall" is a 25-word (extremely short) story to be included in an anthology of "hint fiction" edited by Robert Swartwood. I include it here (complete):

"What he liked best about the affair was not the shopping, but parting the tissue wrap to remove the clothing that had first enticed her."

Hint Fiction will be published later this year by W.W.Norton.
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"The Word" (a short short story) is included in THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF THE HEART, an anthology of work from The Sun magazine, published in February 2009.

Poems in various literary magazines: "Last Dance" (a memorial poem for the late Andre Dubus) and "Touch" in The Southern Review, Autumn 2007; "On the Water" (after a poem by Rilke) in The Iowa Review, Spring 2008; "The Soldier Plant" and "Outsiders" in Ploughshares, Winter 2007-2008.

"The Phoenix Agent", a short story, was the fiction feature of LOST Magazine's November 2006 issue, published online (and archived) at LOSTmag.com

"Packing", a short story, appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of the Sewanee Review and was runner-up for SR's annual Lytle Prize.

"In Summer, Nothing Happens" is included in A Dream of Summer: Poems for the Sensuous Season, an anthology from Beacon Press.