Writers’ Voices and 1st World Publishing, both headquartered in Fairfield, Iowa, have teamed up again to present the 2015 Inkfingerz Creative Prose Contest.   Our 2015 Finalists are: Martin Rosenthal – “Short Stories from Renaissance High” Doug Adams – “The Mist of Carp Lake” Judith Hans-Price “Tsunami Dog” Angela Mailander – “Angela: A Memoir” Chrystel Read More

Chapter 1: A Strange Welcome RING!! The remarkably loud jangle from the string of bells was jarring to Archer and his mother as they pushed open the door. But at least it wasn’t rude. “Hello stupid!” came a raucous greeting from around the side of what appeared to be the check-out counter. “Makes you feel Read More

Writers’ Voices with Monica and Caroline on KRUU 100.1 FM and 1st World Publishing have teamed up again to host the 2015 Inkfingerz Creative Prose Contest,  open to writers of book-length creative prose (fiction, memoir or creative non-fiction of at least 150 pages), who are or have been residents of Jefferson County, Iowa or neighboring Read More

The morning after he gets out of the penitentiary, my father sits in the cane chair beneath the shade of the sugar maple while my mother cuts his hair. I watch from the stoop. With the window open behind me, I can hear them run the funeral home ad on the radio. It makes me Read More

Due to the concussion caused by the impact, the doctors want to keep Pandora overnight for observation. So, after we say goodbye, Michael and I head back to campus together, both tired and shaken from the events of the day. The ride back is quiet and I squirm in my seat, trying to come up Read More

Two minds yours and mine Are two night skies of the Starriest cast. I give you a window You give me one, too. Windows look up into every night sky. Windows like nets for catching Shooting stars Like fish. We are Hungry. Each star caught gives Clues to other stars That might be Out beyond Read More

City of Three Rivers is an historical novel that takes place in Dayton, Ohio from 1876 to 1924 and spans three generations.  I have selected three different excerpts to give a flavor of each of the three different generations  From Chapter 1:  1877 Susan always had trouble sleeping when it was raining this hard. Even Read More