Rachel Unkefer

Genealogical Publications at Academia.edu

Immediate Past President and founding member of WriterHouse (a nonprofit writing community), former CEO and co-founder of Computer Literacy Bookshops, Inc. (a Silicon Valley institution from 1983-1999 or thereabouts), genetic genealogist, volunteer tax preparer.

Other Publications

Short Fiction:

Prairie Schooner, Fall 2015—”Charcoal” (short story)

Gingko Tree Review 2014-2015 Issue—”Perfection of the Life, or of the Work” (PDF Download)(flash fiction)

Prime Number Magazine, 2011, issue 13.7 2011 — “Turbulence” (flash fiction)

Crab Orchard Review, September 2011 Issue —”The Ninth of Av” (novel excerpt fromA Useful Life)

2011 Anthology Shaking Intensified— “No Harm Done” (novel excerpt from The Sea View Hotel)

Poetry:

Atticus Review, Volume 3 Issue 6 (19 February 2013) —“Controlled Falling”(poem)

Citron Review, Fall 2014—”Stolpersteine” (poem)

Awards (and near misses):

2013 Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize Finalist —”Charcoal” (one of 3 out of more than 2,000)

2014 Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Contest Finalist—”Charcoal”

2013 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition for Short Story Finalist—”Charcoal”

2013 Ninth Letter Literary Awards Honorable Mention (short story)—”Charcoal”