Roadkill

Kristi S. Miller, University of South Carolina - UpstateFollow

Creative Work Description

Dear Beth Keefauver,

Thank you for considering my short story “Roadkill,” a 3371-word short story, for inclusion in Persimmon Creek. Below is my biography:

“Could you kill someone?” is Kristi Miller’s favorite question. It divides the keepers from the bores, and she can’t tolerate boredom. After growing tired of being a molecular biologist, she moved to Western North Carolina to teach kayaking and live in a van down by the river. Now she’s a professor of nursing. Her husband supports her need for drama – when their biological daughter was almost two, they adopted a sibling group of three. If she’s not running in the woods, writing textbooks, unsuccessfully managing the Miller six-pack, or teaching, she is writing fiction. Her short story, “Timing is Everything,” will be published in The Great Smokies Review in the Fall of 2026.

Thank you for reading my submission.

Dr. Kristi Miller PhD, CNE, RN

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