Monthly Archives: October 2011

Excerpt from The Riveting Tale of Rosie Reever by C.S. Nelson

Posted on October 21, 2011 by adminSUE

Rosie stared at the playground with her mouth open. She should move, do something, but what she was witnessing had her glued to the kitchen counter. Kids were jumping out of the swings and popping out of existence.
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Excerpt from The Rowan Tree by Marina Lee Sable

Posted on October 20, 2011 by adminSUE

 
Transformed to wood,
I am a deathless secret
encased in spellbound bark.
But there is solace in the rowan.
 
I am alone, except for history
conjured back as a wraithlike chant
within a church of crumbling stone,
fallen beams, and torn roof.
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Excerpt from White Goddess by Lee Clark Zumpe

Posted on October 19, 2011 by adminSUE

 

Outside,
winter casts her hoary shadow:
an early frost swathes
the ill-prepared earth,
and the dogwood berries are all too plentiful
on the slopes this year
The Oak Moon shivers,
her frozen tears
form icicles on balsam boughs
bowing beneath the howling gales,
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Excerpt from Cold Steel by Raina Lorring

Posted on October 18, 2011 by adminSUE

My first life was lonely; perhaps it wasn’t a life at all. When my father first drew me, he did so with loving skillful hands. He labored over me for days, heating and hammering until I was the shape he … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from Miraculous by Stephen V. Ramey

Posted on October 17, 2011 by adminSUE

Jesus watched dust curl up from the desert floor on a straight-line trajectory that left no doubt it was heading for him. For a time he hoped it was an unusually persistent dust devil, but even before he finished weeding … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from Erasers by Kenton Yee

Posted on October 16, 2011 by adminSUE

While other accountants kept reliable ferns on their desks, Potter kept a jug that he spat in while he cooked the books. Every few weeks, he would pull something alive from the mud in the jug. Often the prize would … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from The Universe In Words by Matthew King

Posted on October 15, 2011 by adminSUE

 

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Excerpt from Six Sunsets by Maria Alberto

Posted on October 14, 2011 by adminSUE

First sunrise
When the sun finally ventured beyond the horizon, he was waiting. Using the first red-gold light of a new day to illuminate his enterprise, he dipped his fingers into the palm of his hand, pinched a bit of sugar, … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from Swan Egg by Kenton Yee

Posted on October 13, 2011 by adminSUE

Princess, a white swan, lived in our backyard until a raccoon ate her one night. My wife Carol found the remains: face itching with flies, broken neck snaking in the grass into a ripped pillow of white feathers. Carol took … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from Carnival by Julie Reece

Posted on October 12, 2011 by adminSUE

At one in the morning, Jancis Macleod finished escorting the last few guests to the park exit. Officially off duty, her steps hastened as she slipped between the folds of the green and white striped tent. She jogged to the … Continue reading →

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