Clay Reynolds’ short fiction has appeared in multiple literary reviews and journals. His stories have won numerous awards including both the Texas Institute of Letters and Western Writers’ Association prizes for Best Short Fiction. His work has also been named Honorable Mention by the Pushcart Prize judges on two occasions.
“A Better Class of People.” The Concho River Review. 1.1 (1987): 9‑28.
“Skinny Dip.” The Redneck Review of Literature of Literature. 15.2 (1988): 10-15.
“Goin’ Back to Hou$ton.” The Concho River Review. 2.2. (1988): 31-50.
“Right Field Blues.” The West Texas Sun: A Chronicle of the West Texas Experience. 2.5 (1990): 9-19.
“Gulf Winds.” New Mexico Humanities Review. 33 (1990): 17-43.
“Love and a Bright Morning.” Concho River Review. 4.2 (1990): 53-65.
“Carlson’s Escape: An Excerpt from a Novel in Progress.” Texas College English. 23 [new series].1 (1990): 5-9.
“Trout Fishing in Texas.” RE: Arts & Letters. 17.1 (1991): 49-56.
“Mexico.” The Texas Review. Special Issue (1991): 74-91.
“Etta’s Pond.” Writers’ Forum. 17 (1991): 35-57.
“Honkeytonk.” The Texas Review 7.1&2 (1991): 20-28.
“Going South.” RiversEdge. 6.1 (1991): 42-54.
“Bush League.” Writers’ Forum. 19 (1993): 21-43.
“Shechem.” Cimarron Review. 105 (1993): 50-67.
“Early Innings.” i.e. Magazine. 10 (1994): 16-32.
“Dogstar.” Sulphur River Review. 10.2 (1994): 26-39.
“Nickleby.” South Dakota Review. 34 (1996): 29-62.
“The First Tour.” The Texas Review. 17.1&2 (1996): 35-44.
“The Last Wolf.” Potpourri. 9.3 (1997): 6-11.
“A Train to Catch.” Current Diversions. 4:12 (1998): 2, 14-19.
“Seeing Susan.” descant. 39:1&2 (2000): 132-151
“People and Wolves.” Falling from Grace: A Literary Response to the Demise of Paradise. Rick Bass & Paul Christensen, eds. San Antonio, TX: Wings Press, 2004: 125-138.
“Hoi Polloi: Three Views.” Callaloo. 32.2 (2009): 454-464.
“A History of a Campaign that Failed.” Coldtype: The Reader: Writing Worth Reading from Around the World. 40.3 (2009): 40-44; http://www.coldtype.net
“Hoi Polloi: Three Views.” Callaloo. 32.2 (2009): 454-464
“A History of a Campaign that Failed.” Coldtype: The Reader: Writing Worth Reading from Around the World. 40.3 (2009): 40-44; http://www.coldtype.net
“Hoi Polloi: A Trio.” Descant. 50 (2011): 40-58; rpt. Texas Review. 32.3&4 (2011): 44-71.
“Balanced Marriage.” Texas Review 37.3&4. (2016-2017): 95-118.
“Autumn Moon.” New Texas Journal. (2018): 24-34.
“Old School.” Goliad. 1.2 (2018): 28-35.
“Who Reads Proust?” Concho River Review. 35.1 (2021):31-37.