“It’s 1968: Diana is eleven, an orphan, and knows more than she should.” Continue reading
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The Delights of Middle-Grade Fiction: Q&A with Gary Pedler
“Being from the minority group of LGBT+ made me more inclined to diversify my characters in ways beyond sexual orientation. I can get as emotionally involved in stories involving straight characters as the next person. At the same time, I’m aware of often not being included in these stories.”
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by David Ruekberg
“. . . while outside the living room window
bags of gold blazed yellow in the windowbox
and azaleas blared through pink trumpets . . .” Continue reading
An Excerpt from Deborah K. Shepherd’s debut novel, So Happy Together
“Peter never stuttered when he was on stage.” Continue reading
Ruth Ann Musick’s novel of local lore and mortal fear
by Evelyn Somers
“Funny, all the things that pass through your head when you’re sitting by a graveyard. It seemed though, no matter what he thought about, he soon got back to burying, and his own trouble. If he kept on thinking about it, he might go out of his mind, and maybe it would be a good thing if he did . . .” Continue reading
Mr. Fing Goes to Hell: Q&A with Y.S. Fing, son of D. Selby Fing
by Tyler Gore
“Multiple layer allegory was Dante’s great gift to me, but I mixed it up with my experience, my particular philosophical tendency/preference — irony with love…” Continue reading
An Excerpt from Avner Landes’s debut novel, Meiselman: The Lean Years
Both Kirkus Reviews and blurbers have compared Avner Landes’s debut novel, Meiselman: The Lean Years, to the writing of some literary greats, like Isaac Singer and Saul Bellow. Continue reading
