Salty air, low lying clouds, and crooning of seagulls near the towering Astoria Column and the flowing Columbia River set the scene for Humanity’s Grace: A Linked Collection of Short Stories by Dede Montgomery [978-1-949290-72-1, GusGus Press, Bedazzled Ink, January 2022]. Montgomery intertwines the lives of several characters from her previous novel with the lives…
The tragedy of homelessness in America is the heart of Bloody Paws, a detective story featuring veterinarians with dog euthanasia drugs and a pet crematory. Publisher Black Rose Writing released Bloody Paws worldwide on Nov. 24, 2021. A disturbing portrait of the unsheltered, that is both heart-wrenching and horrifying, emerges as Oregon Veterinarians Jim Briggs…
The tragedy of homelessness in America is the heart of Bloody Paws, a detective story featuring veterinarians with dog euthanasia drugs and a pet crematory. Publisher Black Rose Writing released Bloody Paws worldwide on Nov. 24, 2021. A disturbing portrait of the unsheltered, that is both heart-wrenching and horrifying, emerges as Oregon Veterinarians Jim Briggs…
The Floor Above: The Writers’ Mill Journal Volume 9 was published on November 21. Robin Layne contributed 1 short fiction story, Losing Our Religion; 1 short memoir, Math Anxiety; and 2 poems, The Deserted House and From the Valley of the Smoke (which placed 3rd in a Writers’ Mill monthly contest in 2020). She was…
The Floor Above: The Writers’ Mill Journal Volume 9 was published on November 21. Robin Layne contributed 1 short fiction story, Losing Our Religion; 1 short memoir, Math Anxiety; and 2 poems, The Deserted House and From the Valley of the Smoke (which placed 3rd in a Writers’ Mill monthly contest in 2020). She was…
The Forge is a 10-month online writing program starting in January of 2022. Here at the Forge, you bring the fire — your love of creative writing — and we help shape you into the writer you want to be: confident, keen, and committed to a writing community. Through bi-weekly meetings and individual mentorships, we’ll…
The Forge is a 10-month online writing program starting in January of 2022. Here at the Forge, you bring the fire — your love of creative writing — and we help shape you into the writer you want to be: confident, keen, and committed to a writing community. Through bi-weekly meetings and individual mentorships, we’ll…
25¢ a Cup: Finding Paris in India by Brian Thomas released on November 7. Brian Thomas’ dream was to write and photograph in the bohemian Paris of the late 1920s, the city loved by Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, and the photographer, Brassaï. While Paris had no place in 2020 for aspiring artists, Thomas had found…
25¢ a Cup: Finding Paris in India by Brian Thomas released on November 7. Brian Thomas’ dream was to write and photograph in the bohemian Paris of the late 1920s, the city loved by Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, and the photographer, Brassaï. While Paris had no place in 2020 for aspiring artists, Thomas had found…
Comas and blood loss and morgues, oh my! Hillsboro author Natalie Dale, MD, is pleased to announce that the first volume of her Writer’s Guide to Medicine series was published by Ranunculus Press on December 4th, 2021. Available in Kindle, Nook, and paperback. From injuring your character to depicting scenes set in the morgue, let…
