Robert
Garner McBrearty
Published Works
Short Stories
Robert Garner McBrearty’s short stories have appeared in the following publications.
The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Small Presses anthology, VIII, 1982-1983, “The Dishwasher”
North American Review, Nov–Dec 2006, “Episode”
Narrative Magazine, Winter 2007, “Teach Us”
North American Review, Volume 289, #2, March–April 2004, “Dinsmore’s Paradox”
StoryQuarterly, #38, 2002, “Excellence”
Green Hills Literary Lantern, Volumes 10, 11, 12, 13; 1999–2002 “The Director”; “The Comeback”; “The Professor’s March”; “Transformations”
Lynx Eye, Vol. 5, No.1, 1998, “Visions of Arnie”
Zone 3, Vol. XII, No.2, 1997, “The Things I Don’t Know About”
Peregrine, Vol. XVI, 1997, “The Yellow House”
Sycamore Review, “Soft Song of the Sometimes Sane”
Reed, Vol 51, Spring 1998, “The Next Story”
The Missouri Review,Vol. XVII, #3, 1994,“A Night at the Y”
The Missouri Review, Vol. XVI, #1, 1993, “Back in Town”
Confrontation, No. 50, Fall 1992, “The Unfolding”
Provincetown Arts,Vol. 8, 1992, “The Siege”
Special Report, Feb–April 1991, “The Hellraiser” (reprinted from The Mississippi Review)
The Fiction Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1988, “The Big Prayer”
Mississippi Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1988, “The Hellraiser”
Kansas Quarterly, Vol. 19, 1987, “Improvising”
New England Review, 1986, “First Day”
Crescent Review, “The Pearl Diver”
Mississippi Review, Vol. II, Nos. 1–2, 1982, “The Dishwasher” (reprinted in The Pushcart Prize)
Other Works
The Writer magazine, November 2007. Interview, “How I Write,” by Jack Smith, co-editor of the Green Hills Literary Lantern.
Writing Fiction, by Janet Burroway, Sixth Edition, 2003: excerpt of “The Dishwasher” included in writing textbook; previously included in Fourth and Fifth Editions.
The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon: in 1984–1985, worked as weekly columnist; over 50 columns published: humorous, personal essay, and regional material.
Citations & Interviews
2009 Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market. Inclusion in an article on short story writers.
2001 Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market. Interview.