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The Case of the Hot Shower
From Ann Beach Fifteen-year-old Skyler was weak after 2 weeks of persistent vomiting. So weak she was willing to be admitted to the hospital, something she had argued against the day before. It had all started about 3 weeks earlier when she developed some vague stomachache, right around her navel. She proceeded to become nauseated… Continue reading
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“The Neighborhood Grew Up” Michael W. Martin
Here is the beginning of a short story written years ago by Spirited Scrivener, Michael Martin. The Neighborhood Grew Up It wasn’t until Halloween that year that they noticed there were no children. Which was odd because they had moved onto a long, dead-end street that looked to be the very essence of Ozzie-and-Harriet-Land. But… Continue reading
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Haiku by Susan Crawford
Lurking by the pond Long-legged, white-feathered heron. Gulp! Take cover, fish! Note that all material shared in this site and on these posts are the exclusive ownership of their respective authors. No further use or manipulation of this material may occur without the direct documented consent of the individual who created it. Continue reading
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From Night of Vengeance…
Philip Bosshardt Onboard the U.S.S. Bentham Cole Convoy HX 245 Lat 48 North, Long 28 West July 5, 1944 (Wednesday) 0235 hours Roy Gates was nervous, apprehensive, wary and anxious, especially since he couldn’t get the damned cigarette lit in the wind gusting across Bentham Cole’s bridge deck. Gates swore and kept trying his lighter. … Continue reading
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Meet a Scrivener. Katharine “Kit” Robey
Katharine loves to write for children because she loves them and believes that early reading is the pathway to success in life. Katharine was first published for the younger set in “Cricket” magazine in 1992. That story, “Fireworks!” set in Frankfort, Michigan, USA, was reprinted in Milkweed Edition’s anthology, “The Great Lakes: A Literary Field… Continue reading
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Ann Beach story published in Doximity
Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. My annual physical exam took an unexpected turn yesterday. My long-time regular doctor had moved away, so I was seeing a new-to-me internist in the same large multispecialty group. After she introduced herself, I told her I should probably let her know that I’m… Continue reading
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Be Fearless. Be Spirited.
Be a writer. Sometimes it seems everyone is an aspiring writer. May be. Everyone has a story. Everyone has something to say. Although not everyone makes the effort to share it. The Spirited Scriveners exists to encourage that effort. Pen to paper, as it were. Fingertip to keyboard. However it happens. Here you will encounter… Continue reading
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Sometimes it seems everyone is an aspiring writer. May be. Everyone has a story. Everyone has something to say. Although not everyone makes the effort to share it. The Spirited Scriveners exists to encourage that effort. Pen to paper, as it were. Fingertip to keyboard. However it happens.
Here you will encounter the results of our own efforts. Sometimes serious. Sometimes comedic. Sometimes romantic. This group of authors operate in very different worlds. Yet, find it mutually supportive. Whether creating science fiction or romance, children’s picture book or young adult, medical or architectural history, we all look to improve the telling of the tale. We teach each other as we teach ourselves and we navigate the dusky, ever-changing paths of publishing together.
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