Elaine drove down a residential road lined with aspen trees, their leaves had turned into the orange and yellow of autumn. As a child she didn’t know the road’s name, but now she knew it to be called Bryce Street. Memories flooded into the front of her consciousness. The events of these memories shaped her…
Téa Obreht
Téa Obreht’s personal journey really impressed me on a U-Tube video during the Library of Congress 2020 National Book Festival. The connection I felt brought tears to my eyes. She’s a novelist who was born in the former Yugoslavia and had to move to Syria with her family. She learned how to speak English by…
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
A very difficult subject to tackle; abortion from the point of view of many characters. I created a chart to keep track of everyone. The author did a great job with the individual stories and their reasoning for having or not having an abortion. I hadn’t selected this book on my own, it was part…
A Short Story–The Unexpected© Elsa Wolf
Maggie, hunted for the ringing phone, it was under a Smithsonian magazine. A moment passed. She grabbed the phone and looked at the caller ID, it was her son. The reception wasn’t ideal and his voice sounded like he was talking into a tin can. To keep her other hand busy, she took a sponge…
Bartholomew Dobbins and the 100 Face Masks, June 2020 by Louise Capon©
Once there was a tailor, named Bartholomew Dobbins, who lived in a small shop on the edge of town. All day he sewed for the town’s people. He hemmed pants and dresses, replaced buttons, and fixed jackets to fit like they were custom made. He made dresses and hats and all manner of clothing. He…
Short Story-The Traveling Laptop © Elsa Wolf
Kat stepped off the platform into the first train she found, leading to her destination. It was all she could do to keep focused. She’d traveled over three thousand miles in the last four days. The trip began with a black roller bag that she’d had to replace with an obnoxious pink one soon after…
