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 […]
Short Stories
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, […]
Well! That was fun!
Written By: Hugh Smith of Yuba City They changed the name now. Now it’s the McCloud Mushroom, Wine + Music + Art Festival. Not enough people interested in mushrooms I suppose. Coulda fooled me! The festival was twice as big as last year. Lots and lots of vendors; mushroom buyers, […]
I’ll bet even you old-timers don’t know about “Lahaina Noon.”
Aloha from Maui. If you’re as old as I am, you probably know about “High Noon,” the wonderful and iconic 1952 western movie that won 4 Oscars. It starred, among others, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Harry Morgan, Sheb Wooley, and Lee Van Cleef. But I’ll bet […]
Siskiyou Writer’s Club Encouraged Its Members To Write Both A Story and A Poem
The Siskiyou Writer’s Club meeting at the YMCA last Thursday was a great success. Normally the club encourages its members to write and read a story. But, for its April meeting, members were encouraged to write stories and poems. Based on true facts, Carol Amaral’s emotional poem, “Mama, Why Did […]
The Subject, A Siskiyou Writers’ Club Story
A Bob Mason Story Rich examined the camera carefully, to make sure everything was in proper working condition. It was an 8mm silent movie camera, sent along to college with him by his doting big brother Les. In the late 1940s at a small Christian college, a movie camera was […]
The Color of Love is a Flip Phone and a 1948 Typewriter
Or Maybe a Typewriter Key Bracelet By Sandy Harmon Johnson Our writer’s club had a tie for best story at our last meeting Feb 23. To me, they are interesting because they differ so much in style. The theme that our members were encouraged to use in their stories that […]
Love on Ice
Author Don Janssen Our writer’s club had a tie for best story at our last meeting Feb 23. To me, they are interesting because they differ so much in style. The theme that our members were encouraged to use in their stories that month was “love.” Bob Kaster “I yust […]
A Walk on Snow Day Brings Up Issues to Question
“I think we’ve received about 27 inches,” my neighbor says to me, making a path by the road. Across the street Maryann stands outside disgruntled, “Why does Tory always have to use his snow blower at 6:00am?” I recently found a studio to rent in Mt Shasta. I’m told I […]
