Jane St. Clair’s short stories appeared in literary magazines like Thema, Red Rock Review, Quality Women’s Fiction, and others. She has won several national writing contests.
Times of Grace, Times of Sorrow is a collection of stories and essays about the American heartland published by the University of Nebraska. Jane’s Tata and the Queen of Romania is included in this collection. Jane’s The One Who Was Lost was included in a collection called Mourning Sickness, published in spring 2008 by Omni Press.
The Time We Lost Gigi, a true story about dogs, took first place in the international True Life Short Story Contest in 2007. It is posted on that website at www.truelifeshortstorycontest.com.
The Secret Life of Plants describes a young girl’s secret struggle with anorexia, and first appeared in Thema literary magazine.
Mordiana and the Sorcerer’s Secret placed in the Midnight Madness Short Story contests. Writers get a prompt (”credit cards” and “fairy tales”) and have a week to write a short story of less than 2000 words.
Barbie and the Battle of the Bratz is about how America’s sweetheart went to court over a threat from the Bratz dolls.