Playing with fire

by derek on July 13, 2010

in "Ain't That Quaint?"

Kelly Flowers has found her way here and we’re glad to have her. This, her first entry, draws on that 1929 truism, Red Hair Denotes a Temper. And it’s your chance to play detective! *************** Red Hair Denotes a Temper Nobody wondered who had done it. They did not need the witnesses they didn’t have. [...]

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The Northwest Is Even Greater Than You Think

June 19, 2010

If you are lucky enough to live in the aptly named Great Northwest, you’ll want to consider attending the Willamette Writers Conference from Aug. 6-8 at the Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel.  Even if you don’t live in the Northwest, you should consider coming, because Portland is the jewel of the West Coast – the City [...]

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Dogged

June 16, 2010

While the Editor-in-Chief is not looking, I have decided to post my final entry into the Defying Moments contest.  It may be a day late and a dollar short, but so am I.  Let me preface the following by pointing out that, like everything else I write, it is not fiction. I write “creative nonfiction,” [...]

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It doesn’t have to be a Hollywood ending

April 23, 2010

Here is a nice little narrative poem submitted by Nicole Taylor for The Coffee Shop Chronicles.  I like it myself for it’s simplicity, it’s easy style, and a snapshot of our country taken inside the doors of a coffee shop.  Nicole has submitted three entries to our contest, which ends in just a week.  Consider [...]

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