MEET SHERRY MORRIS
Originally from Missouri, Sherry Morris (@Uksherka) writes prize-winning fiction from a farm in the Scottish Highlands where she pets cows, watches clouds, and dabbles in photography. She participated in the BBC Scottish Voices writer program and is supposed to be finishing a script. Her first published story was about her Peace Corps experience in Ukraine. She reads for the wonderfully wacky "Taco Bell Quarterly."
The Whole Truth about Half-Dates
"Our smiles and eyes are far too wide as we lie and call this a girly spa weekend. Detox skirts a touchy truth—my sister needs real rehab. I sip some celery-chard-spinach caulk that’s supposed to cleanse my insides. It makes me silent-gag. I crave a Dirty Martini. Regret I promised Mom I’d be supportive and teetotal too."
Sherry Morris, The Whole Truth about Half-Dates
SPLASH! 2022
"Susan and the Haunted Waters Press team were great to work with. Very professional and answered questions I had during the submission process. It was Susan who told me I'd won this year's flash competition and she kept in touch throughout the publishing process."
— Sherry Morris
— Sherry Morris
Haunted Waters Press Award for Flash Fiction 2018
Miss Bordeleux Goes to the Cinema
"Amanda Taylor saw them and the whole school knew next day. Not only had our high school English teacher been out—enjoying herself!—on a school night, she hadn’t been alone. When we heard who, we sucked in our breath, rounded our eyes and mouths, shook our heads. We were appreciators of juicy news."
Sherry Morris, Miss Bordeleux Goes to the Cinema
From the Depths 2018
Eilidh’s Amulet —Free Flash Fiction, Highly Commended, July 2022
Eric Spots a Job Vacancy at a Lake Tahoe Nursing Home —Friday Flash Fiction, July 2022
The Procrastinator —Longlisted NFFD NZ, June 2022
The Gospel According to Penelope —Longlisted, Parracombe Prize Anthology, June 2022
Treating Cor Confractus–a Quintessential Guide —Tarot Issue #2, Full House, May 2022
Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw, 1993 —3rd place, National Flash Fiction Day Microfiction Competition, March 2022
Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw, 1993 —And We Lived Happily Ever After, National Flash Fiction Day Anthology, 2022
Donut Holes —Reflex Fiction, February 2022
The Munlochy Clootie Well —Scrawl Place, February 2022
The Thing About Thistles —Fictive Dream Flash February, February 2022
When the Trumpeter Carries On —Reflex Fiction, January 2022
The Xylophonist’s Tune —Free Flash Fiction, January 2022
Marriage Vow —Hysteria Anthology 8, December 2021
Cold Patch —Northern Gravy, November 2021
Balloons —Doubleback Review, October 2021
You Don’t Like Your Dentist —Federation of Writers, Scotland, Highly Commended, September 2021
Cosmo vs the Cosmos —The Leicester Write Short Story Prize, longlisted, June 2021
How to Manage Every-Other-Saturday Lunchtime with His Kids —National Flash Fiction Micro Madness NZ, June 2021
When the Bus Stops at Kha Lan Station —Blinkpot Award 2021, longlisted, ebook purchase, March 2021
Flash Point —Read by actress Ali MacGraw at the anthology launch of Life on the Margins with the Scottish Arts Trust v2.
Liberty Glass —Flash500, 3rd place, November 2020
The Pavement Gardener —HISSAC Short Story Prize, Highly Commended, November 2020
A Good Recipe —Fudoki magazine, October 2020
Sunflowers are Her Mother’s Favourite —London Independent Story Prize, Short Story Semi-Finalist, 2nd Quarter, June 2020
The Hugging Place —appears in the charity anthology You Are Not Alone in aid of people affected by homelessness, Storgy Books, June 2020
Hard Hugs; Humans in the Wild: Reactions to a Gun-Loving Country, Swallow Publishing, December 2020
Never Going Green —3rd place, Cranked Anvil January 2020 competition, March 2020
Treating the Stains and Strains of Marriage —Winner, Retreat West Flash Fiction Prize 2019, February 2020
Treating the Stains and Strains of Marriage —Anthology, How to Hold An Umbrella, September 2020
The Trouble with Talking —2nd place, Barren Flash Fiction Prize 2019, February 2020
The Uncertainty of Numbers —2nd place, River Styx literary journal micro-fiction competition, June 2019
The Uncertainty of Numbers —River Styx, Feb 2020
Little Distractions —X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, December 2019
Window Seat —Flash Fiction Festival Three, Ad Hoc Fiction, November 2019
The Loss Not Found —Anti-Heroine Chic, Grief Issue, November 2019
Ernie and the Carrot Seeds —Winner, Exeter Flash Competition, October 2019
The Squirrel House is Not Full of Nuts —2nd place, Grindstone International Flash Fiction Prize, September 2019
The Squirrel House is Not Full of Nuts —Grindstone Literary Anthology, 2019
The Evening Before Driving Back from a Camping Holiday, Mid-August 201977 —2nd place, Retreat West 100-word competition, August 2019
Great Chicken MexiMelt Expect-taste-tions —Taco Bell Quarterly Literary Magazine, V1, p151, August 2019
Sticky Blue Rice —Winner Grindstone Literary Dirty Dozen micro competition, August 2019
Flashpoint —Longlisted Edinburgh International Flash Fiction Award, Scottish Arts Trust, August 2019
My Angela Merkel Fashion Moment —.Cent magazine, June 2019
The Trouble with Trios —Reflex Fiction,, April 2019
Sticking Point —3rd place, 2018 Retreat West Flash Fiction Prize, February 2019
The Loss Not Found —2nd Weird Christmas Flash Prize, December 2018
There’s an Elephant Downstairs —Flash Fiction Festival Two, Ad Hoc Fiction, 2018
Burst —The Siren’s Call, Issue 41, 2018
Miracles, Mercies and Mary . . . on Toast —To Hull and Back Humorous Short Story Competition
Frog Love —Northwords Now, Issue 36, 2018
Miss Bordeleux Goes to the Cinema —Winner, Haunted Waters Press Short Shorts Flash Fiction Competition, 2018
Miss Bordeleux Goes to the Cinema —From the Depths Issue #16, Haunted Waters Press, 2018
Snow Love —The Bangor Literary Journal, Issue Four, 2018
An Ode to Those Who Believe in Luck (And all that lovey-dovey stuff) —Winner, Segora Short Story Competition, 2018
Miracles, Mercies and Mary…on Toast —2nd place, Flash500 Short Story Competition, 2018
The Angela Merkel Challenge —Scottish Book Trust, 2018
Reckoning Day —The Bangor Literary Journal FORTY WORDS Winner, 2018
Balloons (Flash), The Writers Bureau 2017 Flash Fiction Winner, 2018
The Tenth Day of Christmas —Horror Scribes, 2018
Balloons (Short Story), The Nottingham Review, 2018
Granda’s Plan —performed at Solstice Shorts Dusk festival Dec 2017; eBook and print with Arachne Press, 2017
Foodie Tips Courtesy of Yuri Gagarin —Scottish Book Trust free eBook Nourish, 2017
Perfectly Prime —shortlisted 2017 Hysteria Short Story competition Hysteria 6 Anthology, 2017
Coffee and Kafka —Reflex, 2017
The Puzzle —(b)OINK, 2017
Dolly and the Zombie Apocalypse —Twisted Sister Lit Magazine, 2017
Wishing Well —FlashFlood Journal, 2017
Shoes Made for Walking —2nd place, Vernal Equinox Flash competition, Federation of Writers (Scotland), 2017
As Liquid is Poured —3rd place, 2017 National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology, Sleep is a Beautiful Colour, 2017
Green Tights —winner, Book a Break Anthology 2017; With Our Eyes Open, 2017
Leo’s Song —Bath Flash Fiction Vol 1 anthology To Carry Her Home, 2017
Modern Day Superhero —Performed as part of the One Festival, 2017
In Dreams —Molotov Cocktail, 2017
Christmas Star —Liars’ League London, YouTube, podcast, 2016 A Novi-Sibersk Fairy Tale —.Cent magazine, 2016
Friday’s Child Horror Scribes, 2016
Our Holiday Saga —winner, Sh! Women’s Erotic Emporium, 2016
Coming Clean —Liars’ League London, YouTube, podcast, 2016
A Hands-Off Approach —Molotov Cocktail, 2015
The Barber —Gemini magazine, 2014
Soul Mates: A Small Key Opens Big Doors, 2013
Eric Spots a Job Vacancy at a Lake Tahoe Nursing Home —Friday Flash Fiction, July 2022
The Procrastinator —Longlisted NFFD NZ, June 2022
The Gospel According to Penelope —Longlisted, Parracombe Prize Anthology, June 2022
Treating Cor Confractus–a Quintessential Guide —Tarot Issue #2, Full House, May 2022
Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw, 1993 —3rd place, National Flash Fiction Day Microfiction Competition, March 2022
Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw, 1993 —And We Lived Happily Ever After, National Flash Fiction Day Anthology, 2022
Donut Holes —Reflex Fiction, February 2022
The Munlochy Clootie Well —Scrawl Place, February 2022
The Thing About Thistles —Fictive Dream Flash February, February 2022
When the Trumpeter Carries On —Reflex Fiction, January 2022
The Xylophonist’s Tune —Free Flash Fiction, January 2022
Marriage Vow —Hysteria Anthology 8, December 2021
Cold Patch —Northern Gravy, November 2021
Balloons —Doubleback Review, October 2021
You Don’t Like Your Dentist —Federation of Writers, Scotland, Highly Commended, September 2021
Cosmo vs the Cosmos —The Leicester Write Short Story Prize, longlisted, June 2021
How to Manage Every-Other-Saturday Lunchtime with His Kids —National Flash Fiction Micro Madness NZ, June 2021
When the Bus Stops at Kha Lan Station —Blinkpot Award 2021, longlisted, ebook purchase, March 2021
Flash Point —Read by actress Ali MacGraw at the anthology launch of Life on the Margins with the Scottish Arts Trust v2.
Liberty Glass —Flash500, 3rd place, November 2020
The Pavement Gardener —HISSAC Short Story Prize, Highly Commended, November 2020
A Good Recipe —Fudoki magazine, October 2020
Sunflowers are Her Mother’s Favourite —London Independent Story Prize, Short Story Semi-Finalist, 2nd Quarter, June 2020
The Hugging Place —appears in the charity anthology You Are Not Alone in aid of people affected by homelessness, Storgy Books, June 2020
Hard Hugs; Humans in the Wild: Reactions to a Gun-Loving Country, Swallow Publishing, December 2020
Never Going Green —3rd place, Cranked Anvil January 2020 competition, March 2020
Treating the Stains and Strains of Marriage —Winner, Retreat West Flash Fiction Prize 2019, February 2020
Treating the Stains and Strains of Marriage —Anthology, How to Hold An Umbrella, September 2020
The Trouble with Talking —2nd place, Barren Flash Fiction Prize 2019, February 2020
The Uncertainty of Numbers —2nd place, River Styx literary journal micro-fiction competition, June 2019
The Uncertainty of Numbers —River Styx, Feb 2020
Little Distractions —X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, December 2019
Window Seat —Flash Fiction Festival Three, Ad Hoc Fiction, November 2019
The Loss Not Found —Anti-Heroine Chic, Grief Issue, November 2019
Ernie and the Carrot Seeds —Winner, Exeter Flash Competition, October 2019
The Squirrel House is Not Full of Nuts —2nd place, Grindstone International Flash Fiction Prize, September 2019
The Squirrel House is Not Full of Nuts —Grindstone Literary Anthology, 2019
The Evening Before Driving Back from a Camping Holiday, Mid-August 201977 —2nd place, Retreat West 100-word competition, August 2019
Great Chicken MexiMelt Expect-taste-tions —Taco Bell Quarterly Literary Magazine, V1, p151, August 2019
Sticky Blue Rice —Winner Grindstone Literary Dirty Dozen micro competition, August 2019
Flashpoint —Longlisted Edinburgh International Flash Fiction Award, Scottish Arts Trust, August 2019
My Angela Merkel Fashion Moment —.Cent magazine, June 2019
The Trouble with Trios —Reflex Fiction,, April 2019
Sticking Point —3rd place, 2018 Retreat West Flash Fiction Prize, February 2019
The Loss Not Found —2nd Weird Christmas Flash Prize, December 2018
There’s an Elephant Downstairs —Flash Fiction Festival Two, Ad Hoc Fiction, 2018
Burst —The Siren’s Call, Issue 41, 2018
Miracles, Mercies and Mary . . . on Toast —To Hull and Back Humorous Short Story Competition
Frog Love —Northwords Now, Issue 36, 2018
Miss Bordeleux Goes to the Cinema —Winner, Haunted Waters Press Short Shorts Flash Fiction Competition, 2018
Miss Bordeleux Goes to the Cinema —From the Depths Issue #16, Haunted Waters Press, 2018
Snow Love —The Bangor Literary Journal, Issue Four, 2018
An Ode to Those Who Believe in Luck (And all that lovey-dovey stuff) —Winner, Segora Short Story Competition, 2018
Miracles, Mercies and Mary…on Toast —2nd place, Flash500 Short Story Competition, 2018
The Angela Merkel Challenge —Scottish Book Trust, 2018
Reckoning Day —The Bangor Literary Journal FORTY WORDS Winner, 2018
Balloons (Flash), The Writers Bureau 2017 Flash Fiction Winner, 2018
The Tenth Day of Christmas —Horror Scribes, 2018
Balloons (Short Story), The Nottingham Review, 2018
Granda’s Plan —performed at Solstice Shorts Dusk festival Dec 2017; eBook and print with Arachne Press, 2017
Foodie Tips Courtesy of Yuri Gagarin —Scottish Book Trust free eBook Nourish, 2017
Perfectly Prime —shortlisted 2017 Hysteria Short Story competition Hysteria 6 Anthology, 2017
Coffee and Kafka —Reflex, 2017
The Puzzle —(b)OINK, 2017
Dolly and the Zombie Apocalypse —Twisted Sister Lit Magazine, 2017
Wishing Well —FlashFlood Journal, 2017
Shoes Made for Walking —2nd place, Vernal Equinox Flash competition, Federation of Writers (Scotland), 2017
As Liquid is Poured —3rd place, 2017 National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology, Sleep is a Beautiful Colour, 2017
Green Tights —winner, Book a Break Anthology 2017; With Our Eyes Open, 2017
Leo’s Song —Bath Flash Fiction Vol 1 anthology To Carry Her Home, 2017
Modern Day Superhero —Performed as part of the One Festival, 2017
In Dreams —Molotov Cocktail, 2017
Christmas Star —Liars’ League London, YouTube, podcast, 2016 A Novi-Sibersk Fairy Tale —.Cent magazine, 2016
Friday’s Child Horror Scribes, 2016
Our Holiday Saga —winner, Sh! Women’s Erotic Emporium, 2016
Coming Clean —Liars’ League London, YouTube, podcast, 2016
A Hands-Off Approach —Molotov Cocktail, 2015
The Barber —Gemini magazine, 2014
Soul Mates: A Small Key Opens Big Doors, 2013