Natalie Teal McAllister
Flash Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Novels
STORIES
BACK FROM THE WAR
Pigeon Pages
September 2018
NOVELS IN PROGRESS
TURKEYFOOT
A mother searches for the truth behind the racially charged death of a girl her sons knew well, but in seeking the truth she has to decide how much she wants to know about the private lives of her sons.
Set in the modern Piedmont of North Carolina.
HARD COUNTRY
A bumbling abolitionist stumbles his way into a father figure to two boys from Missouri, leading him on a quest to end the only thing any of them have known: generations of violence.
Set along the Kansas/Missouri border post-Civil War.
DANGEROUS WEATHER
Pleiades
Winter 2020
FLASH FICTION
HYBRID HOURS
Ghost Parachute
April 2023
AWARDS, WORKSHOPS, ETC.
PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINATION
Cimarron, 2021
TIN HOUSE SUMMER WORKSHOP
Summer 2017 & 2018
BEST MICROFICTION NOMINATION
Still Life with Prairie, 2020
BEST MICROFICTION 2020
ANTHOLOGY
PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINATION
Back from the War, 2018
GLIMMER TRAIN FAMILY MATTERS CONTEST
Second Place, 2013
NOVELS IN PROGRESS
TURKEYFOOT
A daughter returns to her family's Southern home to reconnect with her estranged father, but she soon discovers he is involved in a history of violence she won't support.
Set in the modern Piedmont of North Carolina.
HARD COUNTRY
A bumbling abolitionist and a Kansas woman stumble their way into caring for two orphaned Missouri boys and soon find themselves on a quest to end the only thing any of them have known: generations of violence.
Set on the Kansas/Missouri border post-Civil War.
STORIES
CONTACT
For any inquiries, please contact me at: mcallister (dot) natalie (at) gmail (dot) com
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BIO
I write stories about dirt: the dirt that lives under our fingernails, those stories from our childhood we can't escape, the land we came from that still lives in the enamel of our teeth. Sometimes those stories are tiny moments, and sometimes they're more like historic recursion, the repetitions of our families
and our national histories. I write flash fiction, short stories, and novels that can't seem to outrun General Sherman or the enduring effects of the Civil War. In the daytime, you can find me putting my storytelling skills to work in marketing, email, and demand generation.