I thank editor Karl Rademacher for including “Berserker Bear” in the Winter 2024 issue of Silver Blade Magazine! Bogerd, my favorite aging Viking, makes another spectacularly unsuccessful attempt to stay out of trouble. When a berserk bear is on the loose, one can hardly blame him for failing.
Here’s the link: https://www.silverblade.net/2024/03/berserker-bear/
Filed under Front Page, published story
TPT is having a sale tomorrow and Wednesday. I have a new unit to share: The Great Escape — a Civil War readers theater script, of CSS Planter’s last Voyage. Included are the script, pre-reading vocabulary activities, comprehension activities and answer keys.
The script is an historically accurate account of a true and undertold Civil War story. CSS Planter’s Last Voyage relates the amazing feat Robert Smalls achieved early in the war. Robert, a lifelong slave himself, led a crew of enslaved men in seizing a Confederate warship in 1862 and sailing it out of Charleston Harbor. They made it to the blockading Union ships with their families on board and achieved freedom
Do check it out! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/…/The-
Filed under Front Page, The Civil War Remembered
Jayhenge Editors Jessica Augustsson and Kem Hansson shared a Joaquin story of mine in Phantom Thieves & Sagacious Scoundrels, their new, intriguing anthology. “Fantasma Malvado” fits right in and I thank them for including it! Please do take a peek on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQL2F9VZ
Filed under Accolades, Front Page, published story, Uncategorized
When I wrote “Mamichu” half a dozen years ago, I didn’t realize how timely it would become. Brittney Greiner was just transferred to a penal colony somewhere in Russia. Putin’s gulag has swallowed her along with thousands of Ukrainians and Russian war protesters. Don’t forget them. And please read Mamichu here: https://flashinaflash.tumblr.com/post/700655322240532480/mamichu-by-robert-walton?fbclid=IwAR2sX7h3Qi3zR_paMQ6IIMUvU_bRM1H4uK00hP2PV5oFRs9L4EjqHMoW0kk
Filed under Front Page, published story
Strider included my gentle satire of love and desire in the new issue of Lothlorien. I thank him and hope you’ll get a chuckle out of the story. Here’s the link on Lulu: .https://www.lulu.com/shop/strider-marcus-jones/lothlorien-poetry-journal-volume-15/paperback/product-4p99nv.html?q=LOTHLORIEN+POETRY+JOURNAL&page=1&pageSize=4
Filed under Front Page, published story
Larry Upshaw, editor and founder of Ageless Authors, sponsors yearly contests for folks who are past fifty. I imminently qualify! This year’s contest theme was “Coping with Crisis”. My story Navidad was a finalist among hundreds of entries. It’s one of my Joaquin Murrieta stories and is a personal favorite. I based it on local history, a sad occurrence far up Reliz Canyon a hundred and forty years ago. I am very pleased by the recognition and hope that the story will be included in a future anthology. If you can’t wait, I’ve put a PDF of this story on TPT, along with the lesson plans I’ve created for it. It’s free. Here’s the link:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Navidad-short-story-text-2845796
Filed under Accolades, Front Page, Uncategorized
Middle Palisade, Sierra Nevada
A climbing mishap on the North Palisade glacier thirty years ago contributed to this story. It turns out the crawling headfirst into a crevasse, even in pursuit of expensive sunglasses, is a bad idea. The actual adventure ended in laughs all around, but possible consequences have haunted me ever since. I’ve elaborated on them in Moroni.
Filed under Front Page, published story
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