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- Yard Sale Sociology
- Every spring, yard sales crop up like crocuses. As predictable as Reader's Digest condensed books at yard sales are the types of people who frequent them. Michelle Troutman lays it all out for us.
- The Way to the Heart
- Brad and Sylvia find common culinary ground in Part 2 of Lon McKinney's romantic comedy.
- The Way to the Heart
- Brad hopes against hope for romance to win out over a terrible dinner date in part 1 of this tale by Lon McKinney.
- Pond
- Horror strikes an elderly couple in this short story by Adam Crowley.
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Writers' Corner
Reflections on a Crime - "It was about six years ago that I stole the manhole-cover from East Howell Street in front of what used to be the Roswell Cafe and Laundromat..." This true-confession essay details the sordid crime of an anonymous souvenir-hunter.
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Writers' Corner
Jobless In Seattle - Seattle writer Jeff P. Jones contributed this essay on his experiences while weathering the unemployment blues.
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Writers' Corner
The Women's Room - Megan is persuaded to give Beth the gift of friendship, and finds herself rewarded in an unexpected way.
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Writers' Corner
The Women's Room - Part 2 of this story by Lon McKinney follows Megan as she meets Beth, a homeless woman with a strange request.
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Writers' Corner
The Women's Room - Life is good for Beth, but a good marriage, comfortable house, and brisk morning walks leave her longing for the small adventures that might lie outside her routine in this short story by Lon McKinney. Part one of three.
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Writers' Corner
The Bus Rule - On a city bus at midnight, both rules and hearts are easily broken, and we explore lessons of unashamed solidarity in this personal narrative by Robert W. Hampton.
- Writers' Events
- Here are two opportunities to enter your own writing in local media.
- Reality
- Catherine Buell takes us into the nightmare of an ordinary man in part 2 of this story. (Click the Writers' Corner link in the table of contents to read part 1).
- Reality
- Seattle high school student Catherine Buell takes us on a frightening trip to work in part 1 of a two-part short story.
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Writers' Corner
The Hidden Thespian - The secret thoughts and fears of the actor comes to life in this short story by Patricia Duff.
- Barn Boy
- While living in a Montana orphanage, a hard working barn boy grabs the reins of the wrong team in this memoir by Noel Freedman.
- Dragonfly Pond
- Watch as amicable pond creatures delight the senses and sensibilities of the quietly intervening human being in this poem
- Sex Change
- A young girl on a Colorado farm finds it better to be one of the boys, until she's nearly taken by the bull's horn in this charming memoir by C.P. Kempton.
- Black and Blonde
- Learning to accept the straight black hair of her birth came naturally, given the wisdom of time, the lessons of life, and the awkward bite of a small pair of safety scissors. A memoir by C.P. Kempton.
- Maxwell Street
- It's not hard to lose a bike on the streets of Chicago, and not hard to guess where it might turn up. Two restless friends with a fast car and a sketchy plan head to Maxwell Street in this memoir by Joe Winston.
- Bank Night
- When movies were a dime a dish and stout-hearted men graced silvery screens, a young girl danced while her mother dreamed in this memoir by C.P. Kempton.
