Today I’m sharing two exceptional pieces of fiction I read recently. I became completely immersed in both while reading and felt excited and satisfied when finishing. This isn’t an easy accomplishment for writers. But both of these women are writers … Continue reading Immerse Yourself in Somebody’s World: Reading Short Stories
Ghosts and dreams and sleepwalkers through life are all part and parcel of these eight stories. With just a touch of surrealism they draw the reader into a singular fictional world where we forget all about real world problems. After … Continue reading Favorite Fiction 1st Quarter 2022
This is a quick and dirty post because I procrastinated putting it together because, well, that’s what I do, sometimes. Sigh. If I proclaimed New Years resolutions I’d proclaim not to procrastinate but I don’t so I won’t. So if, … Continue reading Favorite Fiction: 4th Quarter 2021
Oh, friends. I have a stellar selection of Flash Fiction for you this quarter. Stellar! Each one of these stories blew me away when I read them. They range from poignant and heartbreaking to spooky and freaky. They are all … Continue reading Favorite Fiction 3rd Quarter 2021
So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are utterly open with no one in the end – not mother and father, not wife or … Continue reading Hearts
I grew up in small towns. On top of that, I lived in the country, not in town. I think living in relative isolation was good preparation for living in a pandemic. Honestly, I’m only now starting to miss in-person … Continue reading Favorite Fiction: 2nd Quarter 2021
Honestly, I’m a much better poet than a baker. I like to eyeball ingredients, and you can’t really do that with a precise science like baking. But I’ve been making this sour cream coffee cake for 15 years and have … Continue reading Writers Who Bake: Lannie Stabile
“I’m an optimist, but a melancholy one—the sort who doesn’t believe that everything is great, but knows it isn’t and believes that it’ll be okay anyway. Maybe a better word for that is faith.” — Cheryl Strayed Continue reading Faith
Can I just say that the more Flash Fiction I read, the more I want to read. I love this genre so much and man are we lucky to have some really great FF writers in our world. Here are a few stories that just wowed me recently. Enjoy! * Jennifer Toddhunter in Twin Pies Literary – Us Girls at our Boys’ Graduation “Us girls get ready for our boys’ graduation, stick cigarettes in our push-up bras, cut the hems of our second-hand dresses just so. We talk about what it’ll be like to graduate ourselves one day, how we’ll … Continue reading Flash Fiction That Will Drop Your Mouth Open
When I first moved to northern Michigan, I wanted to find a hearty homemade banana bread recipe with one of my favorite ingredients: peanut butter! I found the beginnings of this one online, and after a few tweaks (like adding … Continue reading Writers Who Bake: Amy Zaranek
Charlotte Hamrick 