This publication stands as a testimony of the fifth year a group of authors have assembled their collective muse to create an anthology celebrating the short story. The last four years' anthologies, Celebrating the Short Story, Over the Moon Travel Treasures, 2020 Vision, and Coming of Age, contributed greatly to advancing the craft of Christian fiction writing in Louisiana. This year, nine published authors have collaborated to produce the wonderful collection of diverse short stories you...

This publication is a testimony of the sixth year a group of authors assembled their collective muse to create an anthology celebrating the short story. The last five years' collections, Celebrating the Short Story, Over the Moon Travel Treasures, 2020 Vision, Coming of Age, and Second Chances, contributed significantly to advancing the craft of Christian fiction writing in Louisiana. This year, ten authors have collaborated to produce the outstanding collection of diverse short stories yo...

These ten adventures will take you to places you have never been. C.D. Sutherland's Nowhere Near Heaven transports you to West Virginia during World War II. There, you'll experience young Marion Dunrobin's challenge to fit in a broken family struggling against poverty and conflict. Judy Burford's Step In will plunge you into the hard life in a wagon train with young Jake Johnson's family, seeking a better life in Oregon. Wanda Bush's One Rock will put you behind the eyes of a twelve-year-o...

The seven short stories contained in 2020 Vision are as diverse in technique and theme as our previous years' writings; nevertheless, they are united in the fact that a mention of the eyes is a common element. We invite you to take notice of the techniques used by this array of talented authors to weave those eyes-related appearances into their stories.Enjoy these seven adventures as they take you places you probably have never been. C.D. Sutherland examines how a couple of young bo...

The seven short stories contained in Over the Moon Travel Treasures are as diverse in technique and theme as one could hope for; nevertheless, they are united in the fact that travel is a common element, along with the appearance of something to do with the Moon in each of them because this book is dedicated to those brave travelers of Apollo 11, who flew to the Moon fifty years ago. Take notice for those appearances. C. D. Sutherland reveals life-altering events for Samuel Strong in his c...

The writing styles used in short stories can be somewhat unusual or surprising to its readers, sometimes their writers use literary techniques which might wear a reader down if employed through the length of a novel. Short stories make the perfect fodder to create anthologies. You will discover the seven short stories contained in this Celebrating of the Short Story are as diverse in technique and theme as one could hope for. Nevertheless, they are united in the fact that they are each in ...