by BlogEditor | Nov 27, 2023 | Fiction
Notes from Camp Chaparral By Hillary Tiefer FollowFollowFollow Date entry: Sunday, July 12, 1970 I’m coping by writing these notes. I got the idea from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground that was assigned in my AP English class during my last semester of...
by BlogEditor | Nov 21, 2023 | Fiction
Catch and Release by Stacey C. Johnson FollowFollowFollow It’s easy to get used to certain things, like aching shoulders and a sense of floating outside your life, looking down. A person who isn’t prepared to lose what’s gone will do whatever they can to...
by BlogEditor | Nov 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Dogs at the Perimeter by Madeleine Thien FollowFollowFollow Dogs at the Perimeterby Madeleine Thien W. W. Norton & CompanyOctober 2017ISBN-10 : 039335430XISBN-13 : 978-0393354300 Book Review by Olga Katsovskiy A strong title has this ability to call...
by BlogEditor | Nov 9, 2023 | Creative Nonfiction
There Are Giants in the Sky by Natalie Chih-lu Hung FollowFollowFollow One chilly February evening, my 4-year-old and I sit on his bed, our eyes locked in a playful stand-off. He has just requested Goldilocks and the Three Bears as his bedtime story for the 21st...
by Web Designer | Oct 5, 2023 | Book Reviews
The Unfurling Frond by Rebecca Beardsall FollowFollowFollow The Unfurling Frond: A Memoir of Belonging and Becomingby Rebecca Beardsall Atmosphere Press$19.991639889558 Book Review by Colleen Lutz Clemens Rebecca Beardsall’s second memoir The Unfurling Frond offers...
by Web Designer | Sep 6, 2023 | News & Events
Getting the Word Out: Promotion Basics for Writers with Caitlin Hamilton Summie $30.00 $25.00 Register by September 10 for $5 discount! Getting the Word Out: Promotion Basics for Writers with Caitlin Hamilton Summie Nowadays, agents want authors to have...
by BlogEditor | Aug 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by BlogEditor | Aug 2, 2023 | Creative Nonfiction
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...
by BlogEditor | Jul 27, 2023 | News & Events
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...
by BlogEditor | Jul 11, 2023 | Fiction
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...