The Convict and the Rose On Amazon or through Jan's website at the bottom of the page. Imagine an existence behind bars in Leavenworth Prison, and turning your life around so that you are able to create art and a musical legacy. This is an extremely personal, beautiful, sometimes very sad and yet uplifting memoir … Continue reading The Convict and the Rose
Do You Think You’re Ugly? Q
The outside of us can be changed, but I believe it’s the inside shining out, that makes us beautiful. If a “lot of men” find you ugly, and you look in the mirror and see a good looking girl, take a real hard look at the person inside that you’re conveying to the world. … Continue reading Do You Think You’re Ugly? Q
Meet #RWISA Author Bruce A. Borders
One Nice Fall Day by Bruce A. Borders ©2017 Bruce A. Borders & Borders Publishing Not having a good Monday at work, I decided to cut my day short and head home. Home, my sanctuary. As a single guy, I often retreat to my sanctuary when things become intolerable, such as today. Pulling … Continue reading Meet #RWISA Author Bruce A. Borders
Meet #RWISA Author D. L. Finn
EXPANSION Flowing out before me – while approaching - In the sweeping motion of a grand gesture Presenting its soulful sweetness. Behind me is a small desert I’ve crossed - shoeless While carefully stepping over the littered offerings. Salt saturates my senses As the gentle-wind styles my hair, With the latest sea breeze … Continue reading Meet #RWISA Author D. L. Finn
Meet #RWISA Author Michael Hicks Thompson
DETOUR à CUBA PART I Once the port-of-call jewel for Magnus Wealthy, Cuba has been a country lost in time for the last half century, plus some. Never been to Cuba? I recommend it. But do it before it returns to the playground of the filthy rich and the Hemingway admirers. Yes, I’ve been … Continue reading Meet #RWISA Author Michael Hicks Thompson
Meet #RWISA Author Robert Fear
Es Cana, Ibiza, Spain - August 1977 Jose took an immediate dislike to me. He worked as a waiter at the Panorama hotel near the seafront. I had been there to see Diane, an English girl I met while at work in Grannies Bar. Petite and with short blond hair, she had … Continue reading Meet #RWISA Author Robert Fear
Welcome #RWISA Author Marcha Fox
Your Wildest Dreams I inhaled sharply when I recognized the introductory riff wafting from my favorite 80s station as Your Wildest Dreams by the Moody Blues. Even though I had the original 45 RPM record, the album on cassette tape, and more recently, the CD, I kept them safely locked away so I wouldn't … Continue reading Welcome #RWISA Author Marcha Fox
Welcome #RWISA Author Jeff Haws
DIM LIGHT BREAKS by Jeff Haws Jolting upright, I squeeze the Jack Daniels bottle between my thighs just before it tips over to the floor. I look down and see the black label staring at me; the little bit of whiskey that's left is tilting toward the lip, ready to fill my shoes if … Continue reading Welcome #RWISA Author Jeff Haws
Welcome #RWISA Author Harmony Kent
Live or Die? Harmony Kent Sometimes, you need to accept help. Sometimes, you need to admit that you need it. Sometimes, you need to take the hand that’s offered. You reached out and took my arm. I let you. I took the assistance I needed. I gripped your hand so that you … Continue reading Welcome #RWISA Author Harmony Kent
Welcome #RWISA Author Rhani D’Chae
The characters in the following story are from my novel, Shadow of the Drill. After a moderately grueling assignment, they take a day off to enjoy a Sunday barbecue. A Break in the Battle Charlene squealed, leaning to the side to avoid an airborne hot dog. She need not have worried, for the meaty … Continue reading Welcome #RWISA Author Rhani D’Chae
Lynda Filler 