Mystery Woman Blog: Stories, Mysteries, Life

Ready-to-read stories by Phyllis Gobbell under pseudonym P Gallaher.

Short Stories

  • “On Father’s Day” (The Tennessean, 2019)
  • “The Major’s Wife” (Zone 3, 2012)
  • “Saturday Afternoon” (Tetrahedra, 2007)
  • “Primates” (Bellevue Literary Review, 2003)
  • “Tellico” (Zone 3, 2002)
  • “Crystal Ball” (Red Mud Review, 2002)

Essays and Creative Nonfiction

  • “Grateful” (Coastal Shelf, 2021)
  • “What We Keep, What We Throw Away” (2 Bridges Review, 2016)
  • “Seeing Possibilities” (THINK: Resilience, 2013)
  • “Marie” (Bellevue Literary Review, 2002)

Poetry

  • “There Are Things You Cannot Take Back” (Tetrahedra, 2013)
  • “Texting” (Tetrahedra, 2012)
  • “Back from Afghanistan” (Tetrahedra, 2012)
  • “All I Know” (Tetrahedra, 2009)
  • “Baby Love” (Tetrahedra, 2009)
  • “Fallujah Villanelle” (Tetrahedra, 2008)
  • “Storyteller” (Tetrahedra, 2008)
  • “Seamstress” (Tetrahedra, 2007)
  • “Death Knocks in the Neighborhood” (Tetrahedra, 2006)
  • “Snakes” (Tetrahedra, 2005)
  • “Gentle” (Tetrahedra, 2004)
  • “Grief” (Tetrahedra, 2004)

Awards

  • Treachery in Tuscany, Winner of Silver Falchion Award for Cozy Mystery, 2019
  • “Hungry,” Honorable Mention, Glimmer Train Family Matters Contest, 2017
  • “A Family Meeting,” First Place, Leslie Garrett Fiction Prize, 2014
  • “A Fine Party,” Leslie Garrett Fiction Prize Second Place, 2013
  • “Playing by Ear,” Third Place, Knoxville Writers’ Guild Creative Non-Fiction Contest, 2013
  • “What We Keep, What We Throw Away,” Second Place, Knoxville Writers’ Guild Creative Non-Fiction Contest, 2011
  • “What We Keep, What We Throw Away,” Third Place, Writers’ Workshop of Asheville, NC, 2011
  • “The Major’s Wife,” Leslie Garrett Fiction Prize Third Place, 2010
  • “Stitches in Time,” Second Place, Knoxville Writers’ Guild Creative Non-Fiction Contest, 2010
  • “In the Car with Mother,” First Place, Knoxville Writers’ Guild Creative Non-Fiction Contest, 2008
  • Individual Artist Fellowship (Fiction), Tennessee Arts Commission, 2006
  • Ragdale Foundation Residency, 2006
  • Pushcart Nomination for “Primates” Bellevue Literary Review, 2005
  • “Tellico,” First Place, Leslie Garrett Fiction Prize, 2002
  • “Primates,” First Place, Short Story Contest, Tennessee Writers Alliance, 2002
  • “Marie” Creative Nonfiction Winner, Writers’ Workshop of Asheville, NC, 2001