"The Milkman and I"  
   Text of Paine's short story which was the premier winner of The Boston Review's Short Story Contest.
   http://bostonreview.mit.edu/BR19.6/milkman.html

The Village Voice: VLS: Writers on the Verge  
   Brief write-up on Paine with some background information.
   http://www.villagevoice.com/vls/161/writers.shtml

Salon Books |  
   "In an amazing debut, a fired-up writer takes aim at dumb American swaggerers and corporate greed." Salon's Maria Russo reviews Paine's first collection.
   http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/02/23/paine/index.html

War Crimes  
   Paine's featured short story in Zoetrope magazine.
   http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=59

'Scar Vegas': She Stole His Kidney and Other Bad Luck Tales  
   review in The New York Times By Christopher Lehmann-Haupt.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/01/09/daily/011300paine-book-review.html

"Protest Lit"  
   "These stories focus on the ways huge geopolitical forces shape small individual lives," writes author Stacey D'Erasmo about Paine's "Scar Vegas."
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/06/reviews/000206.06derast.html

Amazon.com: Editorial Reviews  
   excerpts from editorial reviews of Paine's highly-praised print collection: "Scar Vegas : And Other Stories."
   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/book-reviews/0151004897/