The Siskiyou Writer’s Club had a great meeting last Thursday, an outdoor barbeque at the Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens. The club selected Mike Grifantini’s story, Butterfly — A Love Story, as its selection for the month. Butterfly—A Love StoryWritten By, Mike Grifantini The first time I saw her, she was standing along […]
Short Stories
Camping in the Marble Mountains, a Siskiyou Writers’ Club Story.
At our August meeting, the Siskiyou Writers’ Club chose Alan Eddy’s story Camping in the MARBLE MOUNTANS A good portion of my childhood was spent camping in the Marble Mountain Primitive Area with my dad, Harold R. Eddy and then later with friends and my own family. My dad had […]
His Loss is a Very Big Deal to Jimmy Buffett Fans
I’ve been a Jimmy Buffett fan for many years, I’ve seen him perform! a couple of times One of his songs was, “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?” A few years ago I wrote a little parody of that song. Below is the link, from my website. WHY DON’T […]
THE DREADED SECOND RED LINE
I avoided COVID the first time around, but it’s back, and finally caught up with me. Fortunately, the current version isn’t nearly as lethal, more like the flu, a bad cold, or a combination of both. Still … I’m not in a very good mood. I’m stuck in a hotel […]
Don’t Talk to Strangers “A Case of Mistaken Identity”, A Siskiyou Writers’ Club Story
Don’t Talk to Strangers/A Case of Mistaken Identity By Jean Grojean © When I was growing up my parents often told us not to talk to strangers. After traveling for 24 plus hours on the train from Singapore to Bangkok we finally arrived in Bangkok Thailand! This was our first […]
It is entitled, “Imagination Run Amok,” and was the club’s choice for best story of the month of June.
Imagination Run Amok By Bob Mason Amok – Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary – Adverb – Definition 2: “in a murderously frenzied state” The instruction from the judge came innocuously enough, by email. The directive? To purposely put my imagination in a murderously frenzied state. “There’s no assigned topic,” he said.Riiight.“Let your […]
THE LEGEND OF THE PRINCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN
Dunsmuir’s Historian Ron McCloud recalls a local story he heard 50 years ago. He says that he is amazed how well he remembers the details of the ‘Legend of the Princess in the Mountain.’ Through the years, Ron McCloud has co-authored two books with Deb Harton and he is now considering […]
The Stars ~ A Siskiyou Writers’ Club Story
Don Janssen One of my best friends when I was very small, was a little red haired girl named Alice. Alice’s parents and mine were good friends. Sometimes my folks and her’s got together in the evening to play cards or just talk and Alice and I would […]
Something’s Fishy in Salmonland
by Evie Clough This story won a Scott Valley Writing Contest in 2014. Ker-Plop, Ker-Plop, Ker-Plop. Keep that line in rhythm so we don’t tangle together, with all of us doing the ‘rolling red cast.’ Grey-green water splashes upwards as three-quarters of a pound enters and follows a short drift, […]
With Evening Comes Change
By Mike Grifantini Siskiyou Writers’ Club Short Story Often, they would do this, after work and school Rods, waders and vests waiting by the door Off to the river, as the sun sank. The anticipated coolness of the river, after a hot day and its clarity Like stepping into glass, […]