Journal Publications
Nancy Bourne, a retired California attorney who writes short stories, established this website so that any friends or family members who expressed an interest would be able to find her published stories all in one place. Here they are. (Click on names of journals to read stories. Some journals are print only; the links are to pdfs on this site. To read those stories, click on thumbnails.)
Nancy died on March 11, 2021, succumbing to lung and accelerated cancer-related problems after a 14-month struggle, during which she continued to write and publish stories and novellas, including a yet-to-be published novel set in 17th century America. We who knew her grieve the terrible loss of this amazing, brilliant and compassionate woman. In addition to writing, she devoted energy and passion to teaching prisoners in San Quentin; voting rights and racial and social justice; and saving the environment. Spotswood, Virginia, a collection of her stories set in the South during the Civil Rights era, was launched on September 26, 2021 at Book Passage in Corte Madera.
ALL OF NANCY'S PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED STORIES, may be DOWNLOADED HERE at no cost. This is a 362-page, searchable pdf file set in 14 point type (= easy to read).
Paperback and ebook (Kindle) editions of Somewhere a Phone Is Ringing: The Collected Stories of Nancy Bourne are now available on Amazon for $20 and $6.99, respectively. Ebooks may also be purchased for $6.99 from Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books and others (see https://books2read.com/u/4jNA5k).
Somewhere a Phone Is Ringing, Wordrunner eChapbooks, Up-Ending anthology (April 2022). Nominated for a Pushcart prize.
Green Spring Valley, Spotswood Virginia, 2021. Also available in The Collected Stories.
American Girl, The Briar Cliff Review (Volume 33), 2021. Annual print journal. Story is not available on the Briar Cliff site. Click on thumbnail or here to open or download pdf. Nominated for a Pushcart prize.
A Split in the Tree, Poydras Review, November 9, 2020. The journal closed in July 2021, but Nancy's story has been archived here.
A Case for Wrongful Death, Wild Violet Magazine, October 30, 2020
Digging the Basement, Blue Lake Review, September 2020
One of Us, Bright Flash Literary Review, July 8, 2020
Frozen Laughter, Persimmon Tree, Summer 2020.
Who's My Father?, The Main Street Rag, Volume 25, Number 1, Winter 2020. Story is not available online. Click on thumbnail or here to open or download pdf.
Dinner at the Ritz, Corvus Review, Issue 13, Winter 2019, p. 21 (Scroll down page to Issue 13 and click. File can be downloaded.)
Stalking the Sprouted Stag, Sweet Tree Review, Volume 4, Issue IV, Fall 2019.
The Purple Jacket, Five on the Fifth, Volume 4, Issue 9, July 5, 2019.
Runner’s High, Brilliant Flash Fiction, March 2019. (Scroll down page to find story or use search tool.)
This Is My Child, Blue Lake Review, February 2019.
Faster Than A Roller Coaster, Poydras Review, January 28, 2019. Poydras closed in July 2021, but Nancy's story is archived here.
Buried, The MacGuffin, Fall 2018, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3. Story is not available on the The MacGuffin site. Click thumbnail or here to open or download pdf. “Buried” was selected by The MacGuffin to appear in its annual Mini-MacGuffin, a scaled-down “best of the year” feature for the 2019 AWP conference in Portland.
Fading, Persimmon Tree, Summer 2018.
Sterling Silver, Midway Journal, July 15, 2018. Nominated for a Pushcart prize.
Once by the Pacific, Poydras Review, November 20, 2017. Poydras closed in July 2021, but Nancy's story is archived here.
We Gather Together, Forge, Issue 11.1, November 2017.
Number 56, Five on the Fifth, Volume 2, Issue 12, October 2017.
Getting Unstuck, Ursa Minor, Volume 2: Dark Matter, 2017. Story is not available online. Click on thumbnail or here to open or download pdf.
Trading Houses, Steel Toe Review, Issue 26, 2017.
The Red Room, upstreet, no. 12, 2016. Story is not available online yet. Click thumbnail above or here to open or download pdf.
Act Your Age, The MacGuffin, Spring-Summer 2016, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Story is not available on the The MacGuffin site. Click thumbnail above or here to open or download pdf.
Massive Resistance, The Long Story, No. 34, March 2016. Story is not available on the The Long Story site. Click thumbnail above or here to open or download pdf.
Going Under, The Carolina Quarterly, Volume 65.2, Winter 2016. Story is not available on the TCQ site. Click thumbnail above or here to open or download pdf.
Not A Word, Forge, Issue 9.2, November 2015. Nominated for a Pushcart prize.
The Columbia, The South Carolina Review, Volume 48, Number 1, Fall 2015. Story no longer available on The South Carolina Review site. Click on thumbnail or here to open or download pdf.
Dirty Dora, Thin Air Magazine, Volume 21, Spring 2015. Not available on the Thin Air site. Click thumbnail above or here to open or download pdf.
The Intent for Love, Shadowgraph Insiders, Spring 2015. The Insiders issue is no longer available on Shadowgraph site. Click here to open or download pdf.
Memorial Mansion, Persimmon Tree, Spring 2014.
Strangers in the Garden, Bluestem, June 2014. Story no longer available on Bluestem site. Click here to open or download pdf.
What You Made of Me, Quiddity, Fall/Winter 2013. Not available on the Quiddity site. Click thumbnail above or here to open or download pdf.
Waiting For Rose, Forge, Issue 7.1, June 2013.
The Bread Knife, Summerset Review, Summer 2012.
Drawing Lily, Forge, March 2012.