Linda Barnett-Johnson

The winners of the flash fiction contest given by Patricia Crandall are: First Place: Just Like That by SakunaS Second Place: Turkey Treating by DW Grant Third Place: Wolf Tells All by Margaret Fieland Congratulations! Patricia Crandall and Linda Barnett-Johnson

Evening Sun: A Widow’s Journey is a poetry chapbook by Aline Soulesl Review by Carol Smallwood Evening Sun Amazon Andrew Benzie Books (May 29, 2014) 38 pages, $3.79 Aline Soules’ work has appeared in journals, e-zines, and anthologies such as The MacGuffin, Literature of the Expanding Frontier, Kenyon Review. She earned an MA in English, MSLS in  Library Science , and an MFA in Creative Writing. Recently I had the good fortune of reading dozens of books as one of the judges in a national poetry contest but none had the timely theme of widowhood: actuary tables state women live longer than men and our own observation bears this out. The chapbook, Evening Sun: A Widow’s Journey by Aline Soules, opens with “Changing Direction” and closes with “Notes VII;” the twenty-nine poems are dedicated to her husband, Donald Keith Soules (1944-1999). Poems from her chapbook have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and have appeared in such journals as Shaking Like a Mountain, The Hou...

Gone With the Wind lite By  Rodney Evans Price: Free! Words: 4,330. Language: American English. Published: September 11, 2012. Category: Fiction  »  Children’s books  »  Fairy tales & fables Totally unpredictable and heartwarming story! Something has gone horribly wrong. The teacher didn’t come back from lunch break. The kids discover that all of the adults in town are gone! Did it have something to do with the strange noises? You'll laugh and smile when you see the determination of one young person trigger the entire town's appreciation for growing up, having fun & living life. The Fart WHO Came to Dinner lite By  Rodney Evans Price: Free! Words: 2,630. Language: English. Published: September 10, 2012. Category: Fiction  »  Children’s books  »  Fairy tales & fables The most gracious, fun and hardworking person in the world turns out to be a ten-year old boy with a teensy problem. He’s so much fun all the...

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing? I grew up less than a mile from a beautiful white sand beach. When I was six my aunt and I walked to the beach every day before sunset. We'd play in the sand, walk on the islands and collect sea shells.  Much of the writing I do today is from the emotional perspective of that six-year old on the beach watching the setting sun and listening to the waves as his imagination runs wild. When did you first start writing? The force of family will power got me writing. At dinner one evening I told a joke I'd made up on the spot, which somehow caused my wife and son to end up rolling on the floor laughing. Encouraged, I fabricated an entire story on the spot and the giggles continued. They family kept urging me to write that story. Eventually I did.  That's how I got started a few years ago. What's the story behind your latest book? The Case of the Plucked Chicken is an imaginative chicken book about...

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