The Latest Issue Is Here!
It’s 2024 y’all! I’m proud to kick the NEW YEAR off with this fantastic issue. I can’t wait to share the submissions selected for this month’s WELL DONE! section. Congratulations to Carolyn Haines, Angela Patera, Kimberly Parish Davis, Michael Spake, Jennifer Smith, and Ken Gosse for their submissions!
Congratulations to this month’s poets and authors – WELL DONE! Hope Kostedt, John Grey, Martha Ellen Johnson, Nancy Chadwick-Burke, Mike Coleman, Ashley Tunnell, Margaret Pearce, Nicole Irizawa, Donald Edwards, and Ken Gosse!
In this issue, Carolyn Haines, take us to Semmes, Alabama for a special Home-Bound article and Ann Hite teaches us about Fire Talkers with her monthly column, MOUNTAIN MAGIC. Robert Gwaltney and Jeffrey Dale Lofton have another great interview for INSIDE VOICES, where they introduce Curtis Chin. Dean James mixes it up with THE WRITER’S EYE, Claire Hamner Matturro shares another great review for CLAIRE CONSIDERS, and Annie McDonnell introduces author, Lauri Schoenfeld, for a fun ANNIE ASKS.
And last but not least, another fantastic OFF THE PAGE with Raymond L. Atkins. ENJOY!
Please share with all of your book loving friends – because when you share WELL READ, you’re supporting every author inside the pages. Happy reading!
INNOCENCE – A LACK OF GUILE OR CORRUPTION
by Hope Kostedt
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF RIVALS
by Martha Ellen Johnson
IN THE SILENCE OF A MEMORY
by Nancy Chadwick-Burke
AN EKPHRASIS MOMENT: Good for the Soul
by Mike Coleman
SURF ON SUNDAY by Margaret Pearce
ISLAND NIGHTMARE by Nicole Irizawa
THE NEWS IN THREES by Ken Gosse
HEY READERS! DO YOU LOVE ANTHOLOGIES?
THEY’RE HERE! WELL READ MAGAZINE’S BEST OF 2023 VOLUME ONE & VOLUME TWO!
When you purchase copies of these great collections, you’re not only supporting the authors inside by reading and sharing their work – you’re also helping WELL READ with the costs of running a monthly online journal. Such as the distribution platform, software for creating graphics, formatting, publishing and website fees. We appreciate you!
HAPPY READING!
Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Phyllis Gobbell, Brenda Sutton Rose, T. K. Thorne, Claire Hamner Matturro, Penny Koepsel, Mike Hilbig, Jon Sokol, Rita Welty Bourke, Suzanne Kamata, Annie McDonnell, Will Maguire, Joy Ross Davis, Robb Grindstaff, Tom Shachtman, Micah Ward, Mike Turner, James D. Brewer, Eileen Coe, Susan Cornford, Ana Doina, J. B. Hogan, Carrie Welch, Ashley Holloway, Rebecca Klassen, Robin Prince Monroe, Ellen Notbohm, Scott Thomas Outlar, Fiorella Ruas, Jonathan Pett, DeLane Phillips, Larry F. Sommers, Macy Spevacek, and Richard Stimac
Ann Hite, Malcolm Glass, Dawn Major, John M. Williams, Mandy Haynes, Francine Rodriguez, Mike Turner, Mickey Dubrow, William Walsh, Robb Grindstaff, Deborah Zenha Adams, Mark Braught, B. A. Brittingham, Ramey Channell, Eileen Coe, Marion Cohen, Lorraine Cregar, John Grey, J. B. Hogan, Yana Kane, Philip Kobylarz, Diane Lefer, Will Maguire, David Malone, Ashley Tunnell, Tania Nyman, Jacob Parker, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, K. G. Munro, Angela Patera, Michael Spake, George Pallas, Marisa Keller, Ken Gosse, and Orlando DeVito
