Stories to Share

May 29, 2016October 21, 2016 / Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 2 Comments

Once again, I like to share with you some of my favorite short stories. I hope you will like them as much as I did and, if so, pass them on for others to enjoy.

A couple of these are winners in the WOW – Women on Writing Winter 2016 Contest.

1st place goes to Solange Hommel for her story, When You Wake Up.

2nd Place goes to Sara Codair for The Cell.

From No Extra Words Podcast, Episode 38 by Phillip Sterling – Improvisation.

Fiction Southeast brings us, Dead Man Dressing by Robert Grindy.

And, from Your Story Club, The Good Neighbor by Dan Leo.

Kick up your feet and enjoy a little summer time reading this holiday weekend and send the authors some appreciation.

I’d love to hear your comments. Talk to me. Tell me your story and look for me on Facebook at SheilaMGood, Pinterest, Bloglovin, Twitter@sheilamgood, Contently, and Instagram.

Stories to Share From the SmokeLong Quarterly

May 9, 2016October 21, 2016 / Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 5 Comments

It’s time to get back on schedule, and one of my favorite things to do is to share stories from other writers.

The selection this week comes from the SmokeLong Quarterly – “an online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.”

An interesting fact about SmokeLong Quarterly is how they came up with the name.

Founded in 2003 by Dave Clapper, the name “Smoke-long” comes from the Chinese – “who noted that reading flash takes the same length of time to smoke a cigarette.” According to the staff, all the work they accept for publication is “precisely a smoke long.”

Never having smoked, the amount of time its takes to smoke a cigarette, is not a time frame familiar to me. So, I’ll stick to word counts. Whichever method you prefer, SmokeLong Quarterly publishes great stories. Here are three of my favorites:

Interested in submitting to SmokeLong?

They publish flash fiction of 1000 words or less. Never charge a reading fee, and submissions are open 365 days a year. You can check out the guidelines here.

Good luck and let me know what you think about today’s stories. More importantly, let the authors know what you thought – stories are meant to be shared.

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Stories to Share Series

March 28, 2016October 21, 2016 / Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / Leave a comment

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Reading is a favorite pastime of mine. I imagine it is for most writers.

One of the things I like the most about reading is passing on a good story for others to enjoy. Doing so, not only promotes the author’s work but provides you with something new to read.

First up, in no particular order, is Wednesdays, A Story, By Kay Eldredge, Narrative Magazine’s Fall Contest Winner.

Second, from Carve Magazine, Possession, by Adrienne Celt.

Third, Used Books, By Von Rupert.You can find his story at Every Day Fiction.

Last but not least, from Wow’s Summer 2015 Flash Fiction Contest – Runner-up, The Tales We Spin by Courtney Essary Messenbaugh.

I hope you will enjoy these stories as much as I did. Happy reading.

I’d love to hear your comments. Talk to me. Tell me your story and look for me on Facebook at SheilaMGood, Pinterest, Bloglovin, Twitter@sheilamgood, and Contently.