Skywriters Ring Anthology: Short Story Collection

by J.E.M. Hall, S.J. Henderson, Mirel Abeles

Magical rings, asteroid rings, wedding rings, rings with special inscriptions—from Shlomo, who gives his wife a special ring engraved with this too shall pass when he emigrates to America, to Hacker who is attacked by giant intergalactic spiders in Gyegan's Ring, these tales will engage you and have you looking for more of each author's writing. Join Jeremiah on Jupiter, Paz as she suspects a friend of ruining her marriage, and Prince Ignatius as his parents choose his future bride. Listen to Damian tell Billy the legend of the vanished isle and the romantic Mervyn. Cheer Gretchen as she breaks gender barriers, Meredith as she tries to save Jolene and her family from the goddess Ravenia, and Miguel as he searches for a beautiful stranger who has stolen his heart. This compilation, by nine members of the Skywriters critique group, is full of magic and adventure!

276 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2016

About the author

I am a programmer by day, and writer by night. Writing while working a full time job may not be what I consider the most comfortable, but that is the reality of the situation. I’m happily married to a wonderful wife who gets more attractive every day. I have two boys. I live and work on an 80 acre plot of land. We run cattle, goats, and rabbits. We plant and harvest a large garden every year. I’m a city boy that has grown ever-so attached to the country. I couldn’t imagine a better place to raise my children.

I write because I want to write. I don’t write to make other people happy, and I’m not trying to impress anybody with my extensive ability to use a thesaurus. I write what appeals to me, and, then, I run it over with a lawn mower when I edit. I don’t always take the easy path in writing. I write to challenge myself and to grow as a writer. Fortunately, I find challenges and growth fun and rewarding.

In the 4th grade, I developed a love of books, especially for the Boxcar Children by [Author:Gertrude Chandler Warner|10665]. Accelerate Reader came as a bonus to my enjoyment of reading when my total points was more than my entire 4th grade class totaled up. In high school and college I lost that love. Reading became work, and I forgot about reading for fun. Then something unexpected happened. I started reading The Hobbit to my son. At two in the morning, long after the children were asleep, I was still reading the Hobbit. [Author:Tolkien|656983] had a way of making writing alluring. I don’t know how he did it, but he did. In the middle of the second Lord of the Rings Book, in the middle of a page, mid-sentence, a question hit me that would forever change my life. Can I write a novel?

My journeys in writing and reading have taken me many places I otherwise would never have found.

Reviews

[J.E.M. Hall]

The stories in this selection are a great find.