Summer Reading

Summer Reading

Summer Reading FollowFollowFollow We have some exciting things in the works. We haven’t done a reading in a very long time, and getting reconnected with so many of our authors, this last month, through our spotlight series, got us thinking! So we are excited to...
Her Longing & His Loneliness by L Grace G

Her Longing & His Loneliness by L Grace G

Her Longing & His Loneliness by L Grace G FollowFollowFollow Our marriage counselor asked, “So, what happened that night?” I thought back, remembering how our boys were tucked neatly in bed, nestled up under in their warm covers… I returned to the kitchen to do...
Dare to Be chapbook contest winner!

Dare to Be chapbook contest winner!

Dare to Be chapbook contest winner! FollowFollowFollow We are thrilled the announce the winner of our 2023 Dare to be Chapbook Contest, Emily Kerlin, for her manuscript, Twenty-One Farewells! From our Judge, Emily Patterson, “Twenty-One Farewells is a meditation on...
A TALL GLASS OF LEMONADE ON A HOT DAY By Cindy Knoebel

A TALL GLASS OF LEMONADE ON A HOT DAY By Cindy Knoebel

A TALL GLASS OF LEMONADE ON A HOT DAY By Cindy Knoebel FollowFollowFollow The burly sheriff, pressed uniform the color of gravy, knocks on the frame of the tattered screen door. “Mrs. Ordwell?” Cups a hand around his eyes, squints into the interior gloom. A basket of...
DOGGED by Marty Kingsbury

DOGGED by Marty Kingsbury

DOGGED by Marty Kingsbury FollowFollowFollow In my 71 years of life, I’ve known lots of pain: scrapes and stitches and broken bones. Pinched sciatica. Bone spurs. Headaches that drum my skull. But this one was different. This one was hard to figure out. It started on...
Jesus Is Delicious by Monica J. Casper

Jesus Is Delicious by Monica J. Casper

Jesus Is Delicious by Monica J. Casper FollowFollowFollow I was small when my mom and my sister, and I left a drafty old house in coal country for Chicago. We had tickets to Bozo’s Circus, which we’d only ever seen on TV. My dad had let us make the six-hour journey...
Lipstick by Norma Schafer

Lipstick by Norma Schafer

Lipstick by Norma Schafer FollowFollowFollow The tube is gold and metallic blue, scratched, tarnished, and well-worn. The removeable gold top has ridges with the raised edges now silvery, signs of its aging.  I can still faintly read Estee Lauder stamped on the...
Glimpses by Anne E. Beall

Glimpses by Anne E. Beall

Glimpses by Anne E. Beall FollowFollowFollow A few months ago, I looked up and realized you were walking along the sidewalk in front of me. You walked as if you weren’t sure of yourself—not convinced you had a solid place on this earth. Your backpack had...

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