Day: June 1, 2012

Week 22 Flash Fiction Challenge Winner: Rich Meyer

Today we’re pleased to announce the winner of the 22nd weekly Flash Fiction challenge at Indies Unlimited.

The winning entry is rewarded with a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.

There were five entrants in the contest this week. The winner (with 50% of the votes) is our own Rich Meyer.

Congratulations to Rich, and thanks to everyone who participated – excellent entries! Now, without further ado, here’s the winning entry: Continue reading “Week 22 Flash Fiction Challenge Winner: Rich Meyer”

Ed’s Casual Friday. How it feels.

Non sequitur –

Let us call it a hazard of the driving profession.

But say you are heading east from Glendale on the US 60 – or as it is also known, the Superstition Highway – and let us say you are behind the wheel of a Mercedes Benz 600 Limo with a v12 lurking under the hood. That’s right. Twelve cylinders. Twelve cylinders nobody actually uses, as a limo does start-and-stop traffic downtown, idles at stoplights, parks in lots outside posh restaurants and seedy houses on the south side. The car never gets to growl. Never gets to sow its oats. But this is 11:30 PM on a Friday, and every officer of the Phoenix law is downtown seeing traffic safely out of the ballpark, and more power to them. The Superstition is just that. Dark. Empty.

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Renee Pierce Williams Announces New Release

Author Renee Pierce-Williams is pleased to announce the release of her new book, Buck, the Good Doog. The book was illustrated by her daughter Shelby Renee Williams.

Renee says, “Shelby brings Buck the Good Doog to life with her love for animals and her artistic ability. Each image in the book is hand painted. There are no computer-generated illustrations. Because Shelby grew up knowing and loving Buck, she was the obvious choice to be the illustrator for this book. No one else could have painted a more accurate depiction of the main character. As a writer and her mother, I am truly honored to have worked with her on this project.” Continue reading “Renee Pierce Williams Announces New Release”