Publications:

"Mom Can't Remember," Thimble Literary Magazine, Spring 2025, https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/01/18/mom-cant-remember/

"Mom can’t remember her collapse. Not just that it happened but whole days, the week around it, are just gone."

"Dadless," The Metaworker Literary Magazine, February 2025, themetaworker.com/2025/02/03/dadless-by-elise-glassman/

"Dad was on his way.

Dad was on his way, said, Trust me, Elise. Said stop your bellyaching, said For crying out loud I’m on my way."

"Blister Dick," Fiction on the Web, July 2024, https://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2024/07/blister-dick-by-elise-glassman.html

"At the dentist, to whom she had begged him to go, he ran into his high school girlfriend. 

'We're going to meet up for coffee,' he told Brett later, looking as pleased as anyone could with a jawful of Novocaine.

'So Becky's a dental hygienist now?'

'Rebekah," Tony corrected. "Brett, come on.'" 

"Close But Not Too Close," {Alternate Route}, Spring 2024, p.110: https://www.alternateroute.org/zines/Alternate%20Route%20Issue%2013%20Spring%202024.pdf

"How had they ended up in this strange little town?

Well, their friends had raved about it. 

A must-see, they insisted, with glorious mineral springs and an adorable brewery. 

She’d been doubtful."

"Only the Heathen Cry," Aji Magazine, Summer 2023, p. 43:  http://www.ajimagazine.com/uploads/2/2/2/8/22289112/s23-aji-18-final.pdf   

"Growing up in a preacher’s family means hosting a lot of other peoples’ graduations, weddings, and funerals. Each of us has a role to play at these major life events: Dad preaches, Mom runs the reception, and my sisters and I do everything else."

"Shot Caller," 2022 Garfield Lake Review, p.98: https://www.garfieldlakereview.com/recent

"Working fast food was never my goal, but when you need money, things like dignity and ethics slide down the priority list pretty quickly."

"Fetch," San Antonio Review, https://www.sareview.org/pub/v9sruam1/release/1

"'You guys are weird,'" Denise is saying as Dad gets into the driver’s seat.

He starts the engine. "'Who's weird?'"

I close my eyes, hoping that Denise will shut up."

"Cathy's House,” Too Well Away Journal, https://toowellaway.wordpress.com/cathys-house/

"I hesitate. Why would she want to call Dale, the person who hurt her and her kid? 

'I know it seems weird,' she says, trailing off.  

Now I feel sorry for her. How would it feel to be so conflicted about something so clear?"

"The Accidental Contestant," Spank the Carp, http://www.spankthecarp.com/issue51_glassman.html

“'A fish changed her life,'” Shirlee said. “'A dead fish. And then she became who she was. That’s so random and beautiful.'”

"Fast Food and Box Wine, "Sliver of Stone, https://sliverofstonemagazine.com/fast-food-and-box-wine-by-elise-glassman/

"She had promised so many times. To stop obsessing. To stop consulting Dr. Google over every little ache and pain. But this was different. Even her nose was tingling. The pains in her chest could be serious. The real thing. The thing that led to the thing that ended her."

"Free Ride," Per Contra, http://www.percontra.net/issues/35/fiction/free-ride/

"Mom was trying to pour Prosecco into the flutes that Vitti had shoplifted, but his hand kept shaking. He set the bottle down, frustrated. 'Damn it. I keep spilling.'"

"Hard to Believe," East Bay Review, https://web.archive.org/web/20150130051353/http://theeastbayreview.com/hard-to-believe-by-elise-glassman/

"I’d flown into Denver at noon, expecting to be in Aspen with John and Dana and Freddy by sundown. Instead, here we were, crammed into a tiny hospital waiting room. The air smelled like stale heating ducts and cleaning fluid."

"The Junk,” Your Impossible Voice, Issue 3, https://www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-junk/

"He and Claudette had dated just after college. Gates was a bad kisser and selfish in bed, but that wasn’t the problem. What was the problem? she asked herself, on drunk nights when getting back together didn’t seem so far-fetched."

"Touch," Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Belief-Secret-Extreme-Religions/dp/1580054420; or, read chapter PDF: https://app.box.com/s/fcd3c4e0ea3ad642d73c

"Homey Don't Play," Switchback, https://app.box.com/s/l6s8ftcyydasqwv018ibum3ftmpf48gj

“'Yo—ma’am. Can I get the key to the bathroom?'” 

God, she hated ma’am. Reaching under the counter, Luci produced a traffic cone, a silver door key dangling like an appendage." 

"Curry Farts and Snackeroos," Referential Magazine, http://referentialmagazine.com/archive/f2010/curry-farts-and-snackeroos/

"Marisa and Carole eyed the guy at the microwave nuking his lunch. 'That Sanjay is such a kiss ass. God, I hate him,' Marisa said.

'I hate him, too. I wish he’d hate me,' Carole said, in a lascivious tone."

"The Sunflower State," Main Street Rag anthology, Beneath the Unknown Bones: Stories About Coming Home, https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/coming-home-a-2010-main-street-rag-short-fiction-anthology/

"Death, Blood and the Resurrection," Portland Review, https://app.box.com/shared/6a8poaih77

"The Shabiby Express," Finalist (Top 10) in Dylan Days Creative Writing contest, https://app.box.com/shared/0ffv328sbi

"Landscape Architecture," Neon Beam, https://app.box.com/shared/nnt2g4xpyk

"Typical American," The Summerset Review, http://www.summersetreview.org/05spring/american.htm

"Naresh Makes the Call," The Colorado Review, http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/cr/back.htm

Publication defunct or no longer available online:

"A Useless Pair"

Tawdry Bawdry, http://tawdrybawdry.com/stories/StoriesHome.html

"Balls, Daddy"

Opossum, http://opossumlit.com/