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jm-cornwell's picture
Sep.17.2012
Jumping through hoops this morning with the post office (nothing new there, and, no, they didn't reroute my mail again), trying to get a little sustenance after a broken night's sleep, and it's Monday again. Why is it Monday? Oh, right, because I worked Saturday and it feels like I had no...
sherry-parnell's picture
Aug.23.2012
“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” –Henry David Thoreau Tired of the air conditioning and needing fresh air, I recently opened one of my kitchen windows and I heard them.  I sighed.  The sweetness of the familiar summer sound mingled with the...
brandon-swarrow's picture
Aug.21.2012
FEAR will be released on October 3, 2012.  100% of royalties will go to two charities. I am proud and honored to be with such an elite group of authors. With Forewords from International best selling authors Peter James and Sherri Browning Erwin. Look for my short story, "...
washburn2002's picture
Nov.05.2011
On or around Halloween, now when was that?  No, let's start again.  On or around Halloween, Oct. 31st, just in case you're as mixed up as I am, I saw my first Santa.  There he was jolly, red, "Ho, Ho, Ho," all 6' 1" of him.  He had candy that he was passing out; so it was  ...
len-boswell's picture
Nov.01.2011
Imagine a bucket big enough to ice down a dozen bottles of champagne. Now remove the champagne, toss out the ice, and fill the bucket with Halloween candy until the candy overflows the rim. Then set the bucket outside your front door and post a sign reading, “Please don’t knock. Recovering from...
michael-l-schmicker's picture
Oct.31.2011
 It’s Halloween night, so we'll share with you this woman's truly scary story: “Five years ago I was being strangled. I won’t go into the painful details, but I nearly died. At the time, I was living 1,400 miles away from my mother, estranged from her, hadn’t contacted her in...
dale-estey's picture
Oct.31.2011
This was the most frightening Ghost Story I have e'er read. "Oh Whistle And I'll Come To You, My Lad" by M.R. James. Here it is in print and being read aloud in a two-parter. And, I gotta say, it is still one spooky tale.           (image) http://freakytrigger.co...
dale-estey's picture
Oct.31.2011
  To whom I would add - c'mon, guess - an author of particular esteem and perpetually youthful-looking countenance.   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sexy Ghosts: 12 Authors We'd Love To Be Haunted By   Ghost and books go hand-in-hand. Be it William Shakespeare or Stephen King,...
rebbecca-hill's picture
Oct.31.2011
  Winding down dotted hills of champagneand plum wine, grapes round with abundance.Cows in patches, mooing and chewing thegrain. Rustling grasses beneath hoofs, furrygroundhogs playing hide and seek with theclouds. Jack-O-Lanterns greet visitors,atop the brick arch overlooking vineyards.Aroma...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Oct.31.2011
  ..........October 31       Halloween     “Why does self-centered fear wear a costume that looks so much like ‘other people’s opinion’?” I asked my sponsor. “For the same reason that booze masquerades as ‘a good time.’  How would you ever fall into a pit which...