Elizabeth Farris
Elizabeth Farris started writing in 1999 after a first career as an Environmental Chemist. Her short stories have been published in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and online. She is a modestly produced playwright, wrote for a zoo newsletter, and edited a quarterly poetry journal. She created four short films with Lime Wrangler Productions. In 2015 she earned a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University, Wellington New Zealand. She divides her time between Arizona and New Zealand.
Updated June 2017
Stories from This Author
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Sept. 11, 2017 • Elizabeth Farris
Mama needed eggs. I was happy to walk down First Street to buy a dozen from Golden Nest Market. I picked up a carton and checked to make sure none were broken and then I looked at some of the magazines. There was a new one called Ms. Magazine. The cover had a drawing of a woman with eight arms. With one arm she was using a feather duster. With other arms, she ironed, held the steering wheel of a …