After thirty years in the health care field, Martha McKinley has become a visual artist. Her subject matter, however, still involves people—in variegated settings, in various poses, and in varied moods. In between paintings, Martha writes about people—in commonplace settings, with common crises, but hopefully, with uncommon outcomes. Listening to peoples’ stories for three decades and painting subjects for the last several years have helped Ms. McKinley to compose shorts that, while entirely fictional, seem completely believable.

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• Obsessionated
• Fifties Phoenix
• Michel's Angel
• Stripped Poker
• The Stacks