by Editor | Sep 30, 2016 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
By Mary Dingee Fillmore When the fifth course of antibiotics failed, I began to wonder. In the mirror, my cheekbones looked much too much like a supermodel’s, and my ribs were showing. I threw up anything I tried to eat. The normally cheerful nurses who had cared for...
by Editor | Sep 23, 2016 | Articles, Cooking by the Book
By Heidi Komlofske-Rojek Photo credit: Heidi Komlofske-Rojek September rolls around, the kids go back to school, and Fall is suddenly in the air. Or, if you live in Northern California, like I do, it’s still in the 90s, but you know it’s Fall everywhere else. And that...
by Editor | Sep 19, 2016 | Articles, Meet the Reviewers
Q. What is the best part of being a book reviewer? A. Manna from heaven! Free books! But really, I enjoy reading, and I enjoy helping authors, especially new authors. Q. Is the book always better than the movie? A. I haven’t come across an instance yet where I...
by Editor | Sep 16, 2016 | Articles, Short Stories
By David Finkle FOREWORD In presenting the following manuscript, I’m asking you, the reader, to recognize as true a series of (almost entirely) serendipitous incidents that will strain credulity to the breaking point, and possibly far beyond it, as far beyond as the...
by Editor | Sep 6, 2016 | Interviews, Written
Kim Zarins has a PhD in English from Cornell University and teaches medieval literature at Sacramento State University. Her YA contemporary retelling of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Sometimes We Tell the Truth, will be released on September 6, 2016. When she isn’t...
