Lori's Latest Publications (2021-2023) My essay “Tracing My Black Roots in Old Whitehaven” appears in the August 2023 issue of Storyboard Memphis. My essay “Hattie Mae’s Harvest” appeared in the September 2022 online issue of Midnight & Indigo. My short story "Shepherd's Hell" is the lead story in Coolest American Stories 2022 anthology. My essay "Future, Past, Present & All of the Days of Infamy and Grace Inbetween" appears in Adelaide Literary Magazine (May 2021) A portion (Chapters 2 & 3) of my unpublished novel—A Little Light—was a contest winner in Novel Slices. (May 2021) My essay "Loss of Contact" appears in Storyboard Memphis (March 3, 2021). My short story "Still My Baby" appears in the SFWP Quarterly (issue #24 / Winter 2021). See the following for info about my two novels. My second novel, A Natural Woman, which contains a hint of mystery and a touch of the paranormal, was published by Kensington/Dafina in November 2009. My debut novel, After The Dance, was published by Kensington/Dafina in April (2008). After The Dance is a romantic comedy about a couple of neighbors who stop their bickering long enough to fall in love.