Stories and News
“Williams has a facility for getting inside characters and exposing their essential isolation and loneliness.” -Kirkus Reviews
“The seductive beauty of these subtle, troubling fictions reflect their author’s dreamy, voice-drenched visions of underdog lives.” -Al Young, California Poet Laureate and Judge of the 2013 Chandra Prize
In January 2024, Williams was honored to receive an Oregon Literary Fellowship from Literary Arts.
Recent Work
Word & Image
The Hoffman Center
painting by Dayna Collins
Blood Tree Literature
photo by Aela Labbe’
Hominum Journal
painting by Joyce Lee
The Books
Stories of the New West
Published by Main Street Rag Press, selected by Meagan Lucas. Release date: September, 2021.
Thorn | Short Stories
Winner of the 2013 G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize at BkMk Press (University of Missouri — Kansas City). Judged by Al Young.
Winner of the 2016 gold medal for best short-story collection, Independent Publishers Book Awards (the IPPYs).
Canyons | Older Stories
Winner of the gold medal in the short-story collection category, Next Generation Independent Book Awards