NOVEL IN PROGRESS
SHORT STORIES
Prologue
March 2023
Second Place
Off Campus Writers Workshop
Best Opening Contest
Susan's defense of her master's thesis leads her to therapy...Why?
Home, Visions of Life: Perspectives of Artists and Authors Exhibit, Skokie Public Library
November 2 - December 20, 2022
There will be two author/artist events:
Gallery Talk:
https://skokielibrary.info/events/16229/gallery-talk-ivy-sundell-and-visions-of-life
(Nov 10, 2022, 6:30 PM)
Art Sparks Writing Workshop:
(December 8, 2022, 6:30 PM)
My new flash fiction story, "Home" which was inspired by Bruno Surdo's (2018) painting "Growing Up," will be on display with the painting at the library from Nov. 1 through Dec. 20.
My Turn, Visions of Life 2: Art-Inspired Short Stories
February, 2020
James Ostlund's painting "Garlic" was the inspiration for "My Turn" in which betrayal destroys a marriage.
Skipping School
In Progress
Susan's passage from third to fifth grade has unexpected consequences.
Do You Wanna Dance?
In Progress
A short story about a 16-year-old's first concert experience - The Divine Miss M tour at The Auditorium theater, Chicago, 1973.
Infinite Monkey Hypothesis, Turning Points
June, 2021
"Infinite Monkey Hypothesis," which appears in Turning Points, is about a thesis defense that leads to therapy.
Buy on Amazon.
Step Four
In Progress
Shortly before attaining early retirement, a long term member of AA falls off the wagon because she didn't get the promotion she thought she deserved.
Advanced Education
In Progress
A short story about the decision to apply to graduate school and opening the responses...
