Julie Ann Weinstein is a prolific writer with more than ninety stories published and author of the new magic realism collection, Flashes From the Other World. The author is a Pushcart Nominee, freelance writer, editorial consultant and flash fiction workshop leader. Julie is currently working on the Ruby Lucy stories, (a novel in stories) about a claivoyant gal living in a house of spirits. The author was previously published as Julie Ann Shapiro.

Published short stories and essays have appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune, North County Times, Los Angeles Journal, Pindeldyboz, San Antonio Current, Poor Mojo's Almanac, Sein Und Werden, Manorborn, Hartford Poetry and Literary Society, Sacred Waters/Fire: (Adams Media), Story South, Word Riot, Opium Magazine, Insolent Rudder, Cezzane’s Carrots, Mad Hatters Review, Void, Ghoti Magazine, Spoiled Ink, Elimae, Footsteps to Oxford, Salome, Skive, The 2nd Hand, Millennium Shift, Long Story Short, Storyglossia, Static Movement, Stymie Magazine, Bewildering Times, People of Few Words, Mississippi Crow, Somewhat, Uber, Moon Dance, The Quarterly Staple, Journal of Modern Post, Reflection's Edge, Rumble, Long Story Short, Cellar Door Magazine (Spring and Summer Issues 2005), Edifice Wrecked, Espresso Fiction, Flash Fiction – Coffee Cup Series Issue I & II, Red, Neon, Steel Moon Publishing, Every Day Fiction, ISM Quarterly and other magazines.

Julie's website is http://www.julieweinstein.com [2] and her blog is http://www.flashesfromtheotherworld.com [3].