John Michael Cummings

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John Michael Cummings

John Michael Cummings (born 1963 in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia) is an esteemed American short story writer and novelist. His short stories have appeared in more than seventy-five literary journals, including North American Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Chattahoochee Review, The Kenyon Review, and The Iowa Review. Twice he has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. His short story “The Scratchboard Project” received an honorable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2007.

John Michael Cummings lives in Orlando, Florida, with his cat Sentry.

Works

Short Stories (ten most noted)

• Missing, Alaska Quarterly Review , Vol.10, Spring/Summer 1992
• Like Apes, Berkeley Fiction Review, No. 11, 1992
• Fourteen Seconds, The North American Review, Summer 01
• Mountains and Seas, Sou’wester, 01
• The Fence, Confrontation, No. 82/83 Spring/Summer 03
• The Gun Wall, North Dakota Quarterly, Winter/Spring 03
• Rising to the Occasion,” South Dakota Review, Winter 04
• The Scratchboard Project, The Iowa Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, 06 -> Nominated for The Pushcart Prize, Honorable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2007
• Treasure Hunt, The Chattahoochee Review, Winter 07, Vol. 27, No.2
• Marshmallow People, The Kenyon Review, Winter 08, Vol. 30, No.1

Young Adult Novel

• The Night I Freed John Brown. New York: Philomel Books (Penguin Group), 2008. ISBN 978-0399250545

Novellas

• The House of My Father. Finalist, 2006 Miami University Novella Contest.
• Chimney Rock. Semi-finalist ,Winnow Press 2004 First Book Award for Fiction.

References

John Michael Cummings’s Bio Page. [1] Retrieved on 2008-11-05.

External links

John Michael Cummings’ Homepage

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Relevant Quotes: "Boomp, Tink! That's another fine mess you've gotten me into!" [3]