Peg Alford Pursell’s stories have appeared in the Los Angeles Review, Emprise Review, Staccato Fiction, Joyland Magazine, among others, and her work’s been short-listed for the Flannery O’Connor Award and nominated for a Pushcart Prize (Annalemma). She founded and curates Why There Are Words, a monthly reading series in Sausalito. www.pegalfordpursell.com