“Sun and Stone,” in the magazine Image: A Journal of Arts and Religion“Kin.” Nominated for the Hugo Award.“The Boy in Zaquitos,” in the anthology Best American Short Stories 2007.“Ombra,” in the magazine Glimmer Train“The Girl Who Loved Animals,” in the anthology American Gothic.“Dream Baby.” Nominated for the Hugo Award and Nebula Award; recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship