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March 8, 2024
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Kill
by Evan David
Christopher Ronald Templeton just thinks it’s another day at the office. But he finds out reality is about to shift in a way he never anticipated.
This delightful and humorous short story was trippy in the best kind of way and took me in a direction I didn’t anticipate.
Ben Avery edited this diverse, edgy, eclectic, thrilling, masterful anthology inspired by Ecclesiastes 3.
If you love an anthology and want to add ours to your library, you may purchase your copy here!
It is available in Kindle, paperback, or hardcover!
Or you can visit my Etsy, Somebody’s Luggage to find single signature author prints by me in hardcover and paperback.
(And please consider following our anthology authors on Amazon and/or Goodreads if this is your jam.)
March 6, 2024
The Selah Awards, 2024
I am gobsmacked tickled for The Quickening, Overcomers Book 1 to be named a finalist in the speculative fiction genre in The Selah Awards by BRMCWC.
Thank You, Lord!
March 4, 2024
Monday Morning Washing in His Word
2 Chronicles 26
Teenage Uzziah,
King heir
52 years,
Leads Jerusalem
Set himself,
As God-seeker
In obedience,
God prospers
Wall-breaker,
Strength increaser
Tower-builder,
Cistern-hewer
Uzziah provided,
Protective gear
Jerusalem’s corners,
War machines
God helped,
Fame spread
But then…
Pride encompassed
Dishonoring God,
Incense offering
Priests warned,
He ignored
Leprous anger,
Shows folly
His exclusion,
Becomes final
Jotham rules,
And governs.
March 1, 2024
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Uproot
By A.C. Peckham
Understandably, Perry doesn’t want his childhood tree to be cut down…
But some things can’t be avoided.
Through time warp treetop conversations, young Perry comes face to face with the past and learns some beautiful life lessons. Will they enable him to stop clinging to the present?
If you love an anthology and want to add ours to your library, you may purchase your copy here!
It is available in Kindle, paperback, or hardcover!
Or you can visit my Etsy, Somebody’s Luggage to find single signature author prints by me in hardcover and paperback.
(And please consider following our anthology authors on Amazon and/or Goodreads if this is your jam.)
February 26, 2024
Monday Morning Washing in His Word
2 Chronicles 22
Hidden in,
God’s house
The safest,
Home ever.
February 23, 2024
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A TIME TO PLANT
Branson Boykin’s stunning tale gives us a glimpse into the importance of everyday tasks and the fruit which will benefit generations to come! This story will encourage you! Your work matters!
“It was worth it, Randall,” he said. “It was all worth it.”
If you love an anthology and want to add ours to your library, you may purchase your copy here!
It is available in Kindle, paperback, or hardcover!
Or you can visit my Etsy, Somebody’s Luggage to find single signature author prints by me in hardcover and paperback.
(And please consider following our anthology authors on Amazon and/or Goodreads if this is your jam.)
February 19, 2024
Monday Morning Washing in His Word
2 Chronicles 16
36th year, Asa’s reign
King Baasha, of Israel
Invades Judah, Asa turns
From God, to flesh
with silver, and gold
Temple gifts, purchase safety
Seer Hanani, confronts Asa
Wrong reliance, equals foolishness
“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth, to strengthen those whose heart is true to Him.”
Zondervan, NRSV 2010
Asa continues, in foolishness
His rage, brings condemnation
39 years, Asa reigned
Diseased feet, and still
Asa wrongfully, looks manward
Folly-chains, eyes down
If only… eyes up.
February 16, 2024
From the Swing Fiction Feature Friday: A Time to Die
Robert Mullin’s conclusion hit me by surprise even though I knew the title. A sob may have escaped me at the last sentence, okay, yes, it did.
A wonderfully executed short story, it shares the same setting as the author’s series, Bid the Gods Arise (The Wells of the Worlds).
If you love an anthology and want to add ours to your library, you may purchase your copy here!
It is available in Kindle, paperback, or hardcover!
(And please consider following our anthology authors on Amazon and/or Goodreads if this is your jam.)
February 13, 2024
Monday morning washing in His word.
(Deferred a day)
2 Chronicles 11
This chapter
Causes sighs
He strengthens
When worshipped
Holy, rightly
Prescribed, in
David’s way
But then…
What is utterly disappointing to me about human nature never takes God by surprise.
Not once.
#HeisforusthroughChrist #Heisholy #notagoatgodFebruary 12, 2024
Happy Birthday, Mom!
May your day be full of good things, fond memories, and the joy of birthday greetings!
About the author
BA English, MA Liberal Arts, University Central Oklahoma. 5 books in print, finished a NANOWRIMO 50,000 words challenge, 44th year of marriage to man who edits and creates in his own write.
I am well into my seventies and trusting God to get me through however long He provides. These days I write a lot of poetry and will be assembling a second collection this year for publication.
Born in Oklahoma, grandchild of real pioneers and land runners, I read favorite books multiple times: Salinger, Lewis, Mantel, McCarthy, Berry, Tolstoy, Pasternak, Masters, etc. Influenced by all.
My mind is often a sleepless housing for the thoughts that race through. Words from the first Word keep me going. Living in the Ozarks feeds the soul. Mother, grandmother, great grandmother…strong listener.
To celebrate my mom’s birthday I am hosting a give-away of two of her books.
Seeds & Stems: A Poetic Collection
An eclectic collection of poetry penned by the award-winning author, beginning at age 5 through her 72nd year, featuring whimsy, free verse, rhyme, haiku and her own spin on versification. Topics include faith, family, foundations and frivolity, with underlying themes of mortality, human spirit and frailty.
And…
“What the Seven Thunders Uttered” unspools a fragile thread of amity among family members and neighbors wrenched by death, destruction, cruelty, crime and ignorance. In the early days of a new century, a new state is created from twin territories. Its occupants prosper or fail according to the whims of nature and their own choices. When seven distinct calamities try men’s souls, farmer/oilman Benjamin Franklin Reuben chooses not to ignore the signs of divine intervention. While continuously revising his pamphlet on biblical prophecy, he can’t ignore that his faith is being tested. Will it survive the latest storm? Expectations boom among the righteous but the wicked are ever present. Reuben realizes that tribulation amidst tenuous joy is mankind’s lot. Through it all, the pamphleteer seeks to “hurt not the oil or the wine.” But grapes of wrath challenge every fiber of his being and his beliefs.
To enter this Birthday Bookish Give Away just type Happy Birthday, Mary in the comments. I will announce the winner February 16th, 2024!
