Spring Issue

by Linda Boltman, Claudia Aragon, Rosalie Contino

Travel is our tantalizing themes this issue. Whether from writers on the hoof or rooted to the ground, we offer up their smorgasbord of true-life tales, fanciful fiction, poignant poetry, and emotional memoirs. Beginning with the terrible and devastating tsunami in Japan to the harrowing true-life escape from Libya to adventurous travels in India, Nepal, Egypt, Italy, Cuba—even Vegas—our writers span the globe. We welcome poems by writers from Israel, India, Mexico, and throughout the USA, expressing their hopes, joys, and respects for Mother Earth on Earth Day as well as mothers and grandmothers on Mother’s Day. We sincerely hope you relish this potluck of prose and poetry that you stay to sample the sweets of future issues.

115 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 21, 2011

About the author

Growing up in the farm lands of Illinois and graduating from college in the 1960’s, Linda Boltman was part of an era that challenged and changed women’s roles. Early careers in male-dominated fields provided insight into the man’s world, laying the stepping stones for future novels. Ever the adventurer, she went on to work for a major airline, traveled to over 55 countries and has had endless personal experiences such as backpacking and working throughout Europe, dogfights in a Varga VG-21, zip-lining in the jungles of Belize and rappelling off a 160-foot cliff. These life adventures gave wings and ink to her creative spirit.

In February, 2011 her short story, The Captive, was selected for San Diego Writer’s Ink Anthology, Vol 4 as one of San Diego’s finest writers and she was honored to read her piece at their February 14th Press Release Party. She has had numerous short stories and poems published in IdeaGems, Adventures for the Average Woman and Tough Lit Magazine in both magazine and ezine form in the United States and England. Her stories have appeared in GreenPrints, Grand Magazine and The San Diego Reader and other publications.

Now an empty nester, Linda resides in San Diego with Jake, a 135-pound Akita/St. Bernard. She keeps close ties with her two children, David and Erin and incorporates her colorful experiences into her hobbies of travel, writing, painting and photography.

Look for her books, Man in the Moon, The Sheriff, The Copper Box, Lover's Leap, The Valet of Darkshire Manor, The Captive, Plum Loco, The Christmas Challenge, Moon Pies and her soon-to-be-released book, Tales from a Twisted Mind. She is currently working on a futuristic novel of Nobles versus Darklings, in the Battle for Gray Tower. Watch for it to come out this year.