The Story of Leo by Vashon Borich-Leach with art by Mary Arneson His chocolate brown, almond-shaped eyes gazed into hers. Around his face fell wisps of golden strawberry-blonde hair. He batted his long eyelashes at my mother. I knew from the look on her face, we were taking him home. I was a teenager and…
Who’s Driving? by Freeman Payne with art by Dustin Burkett “Alvin got a new car!” “Alvin got a new car!” Soon everyone had heard, their excited exclamations buzzing In Alvin’s psyche. Soon little guy and little Alv were talking with Guy and Alv. They all liked cars. “What kind is it?” “I don’t know” Guy…
Baseball by Quynn Kent with art by Olivia Stephens (Writers Artists Night 2022) “Hey Quynn. It’s me. I’m calling to say thank you. Thank you for loving me, For teaching me how to laugh, For sitting in silence with me, And for being everything I needed you to be. Thank you. And I’m sorry.” “Hey…
The Story of Leo by Vashon Borich-Leach with art by Mary Arneson His chocolate brown, almond-shaped eyes gazed into hers. Around his face fell wisps of golden strawberry-blonde hair. He batted his long eyelashes at my mother. I knew from the look on her face, we were taking him home. I was a teenager and…
On the Mississippi by Edwin Woolsey with art by Freeman Payne Out of money, Roosevelt’s luck gradually changed. He agreed to build a self-propelled riverboat for Livingston and Fulton. Their ship would navigate the continent’s interior waterways. Constructing the vessel’s hull in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the internal machinery came by wagon from foundries in New York.…
From the journal of Jedidiah Bryson, June 7, 1885 by Joel Telschow with art by Freeman Payne Writers Artists Night 2022 On May 8th I was headed back from my brother’s place after helping him with a cow that was birthing. He doesn’t live but three miles away on the next bald. Hell, I can…