Julie Parks
romance books for success driven women
Pushcart nominated. First published by The Same blog.
A nonfiction short story that deals with growing up in a dysfunctional family in Eastern Europe over the fall of communism.
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Now also available in HERE NOW anthology.
Gover Story Prize longlist. First published in Best New Writing anthology.
A short story about an immigrant boy with Asperger's trying to pass exams and graduate an American high school.
Pushcart nominated, short fiction contest winning story. First published by Jerry Jazz Musician.
Running away from her home in Brooklyn, a teenage girl finds an abandoned alto sax that slowly opens up the world of music and leads to new friends and back to her mother.
First published by Quill Magazine and Jerry Jazz Musician.
A new school, early morning on the train to Milano Centrale, Syrian refugees, dad's constant stops for coffee and something of his own adoration - a lone street musician the six-year-old Matteo believes to have divine powers.
A short story about life, death and how a child sees the life in between.
First published by New Pop Lit.
He hops on random buses on his well-known route, he doesn't have a ticket, the controller will come and throw him off the bus and make him pay...until they hear his story, then things usually change. Then they pay him. Inspired by Hollywood stars, this Latvian kid has found his own way to practice his acting skills.
First published by DACUNHA.
Left behind by unknown birth givers, these little orphans take different names each time they're inspired by their social worker. Sometimes they are called Zara, Levis, Godiva, Sephora, and even Marlboro. Together they sit and wait for the moon to be a perfect circle, and for their social worker to find people who will see one of them as a perfect match.
