OCTOBER 19, 2024 - OPAL SPOOKY READING PICS
With
our new friends at Oak Park Art League (OPAL) we had a fabulous time at the
spooky reading. Bryan and Phoebe worked tirelessly to create a scary good time
at an all-day extravaganza. A haunted loft, intriguing artwork with an art
fair, children’s games, even the house had a spooky feline makeover. There were
many delicious treats including smores over a campfire!
We’re
grateful Write Volumes was invited to join OPAL for this terror-rific event. Thanks
to all of those who attended. And if you couldn’t make it, maybe you can come
next year!
For
more info on OPAL and their mission to be a welcoming center of artistic
inquiry, creative expression and more click here: https://www.oakparkartleague.org/
Margot
McMahon, a member of OPAL and a Write Volumes’ author, read “Sorrows Whisper
Still” found in Shades of Ghostly Horror.
Margot’s work can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Margot-McMahon/author/B0983X68KG
“Sorrows
Whisper Still”
In 1865, will
a medium’s meditation relieve a rural town’s unease about the many deaths
during Sherman’s March or will the ghosts of their sons, brothers, and friends
haunt them forever?
Shades of Ghostly Horror: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK8THWH9
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - FESTIVAL PICS
- · Printer’s Row Festival with Fannie Price and Margot McMahon Pictures
Printers Row is a large outdoor book and writing festival in Chicago which took place first weekend in September. On Saturday Sept. 7, 2024, Write Volumes and a couple Write Volumes authors were in attendance at the Chicago Writers Association table.
Fannie Price and Margot McMahon engaging with readers and other writers while having fun!
You can find Fannie Price’s books here:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Fannie%20Price/author/B002YSQO4M
You can find Margot McMahon’s books here:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Margot-McMahon/author/B0983X68KG
A big THANK YOU to all of those who stopped by. We appreciate your support!
SEPTEMBER 2024 - ANNETTE CYR’S ART SHOW
- · Annette Cyr’s Art Show and Yale Women Talk Pictures
In September 2024 Annette Cyr had an art show at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. “24 Hours” is a multi-canvas painting. Each canvas is of the same motif, painted a different hour of the day and night, beginning with 1 AM in upper left corner, ending with 12 AM in bottom right.
“24 Hours” becomes a study of awareness and perception, time and change. At its heart, “24 Hours” questions our perceptions. What do we really see before the mind decides what must be there? “The true mystery is reality.” — Annette Cyr
“24 Hours” is an extension of Annette’s "Year of Light" painting series begun in 2020 during Covid times which Annette describes in her Shades of Positively Pandemic short story also called “Year of Light” which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
You can find Annette Cyr’s story here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098RMFMGR/
Thank you for sharing your time with me!
December 1, 2023
Congratulations
to the following authors for being nominated for the
2023 Pushcart Prize:
Shades of Holiday Love published in July 2023
For the Holiday Love Anthology click HERE
- "Pride" by Jen B. Wang (Short Story)
- "Popular Mechanics" by Randall Jon Van Vynckt (Short Story)
Shades of Occult and Horror published in October 2023
For the Occult Horror Anthology click HERE
- “Consequences” by Fannie Price (Short Story)
- “To The One Whom I Lost” by Helen L. (Short Story)
All stories published in our anthologies are extraordinarily compelling so choosing 4 was tough, but the selected stories take these qualities to the next level.
December 1, 2022
Congratulations
to the
following authors for being nominated for the
2022
Pushcart Prize:
Shades
of Timeless Love published in February 2022
- Maths and Magicks"
by RR Canyas (Short
Story)
Shades of Chaos published in July 2022
For the Chaos Anthology click HERE
- “Displacement: A Lamentation” by K. Ellie Mae (Short
Story)
- “The Catamaran” by Nyasha Laing (Short
Story)
- “Glints, Comets, Ticks, and Warblers” by Margot
McMahon (Short Story)
Shades
of Fantastic Horror published in October 2022
- “An Office Romance” by Lin Bo (Short
Story)
- “Bringing Up Baby” by Cameron Vanderwerf (Short
Story)
All stories
published in our anthologies are extraordinarily compelling so choosing 6 was tough, but
the selected stories take these qualities to the next level.
January 17, 2022
Write Volumes’ covers are a work of art and were submitted
to a design contest!
http://aigamndesign.show/2021/entries/
December 17, 2021
Breaking news: Publishers Weekly endorses Write Volume’s author Sheila M. Cronin's novel THE GIFT COUNSELOR (ISBN 978-0-9960460-0-8) in the category of Stories of Goodwill for Adults
Read more here: https://bit.ly/30ExHRb
About the book: A
sudden job loss at the start of the Christmas season jangles Jonquil’s spirits.
But after she takes a seasonal job, new opportunities and new love
follow. The Gift
Counselor combines holiday cheer, romance, and family drama.
Author statement: “One
Christmas season while in a department store, I witnessed a salesclerk talking
to an agitated young man at the perfume counter. He stated he needed a gift to
‘fix a problem’ with his girl. They’d had a misunderstanding and he wanted to
patch things up. The clerk didn’t hesitate. She told him to forget about
perfume and go straight to the jewelry department. There he could buy something
so beautiful, it would make her cry, and then she would be his girl again.
Patently relieved, the man set off immediately as instructed and I realized I
had just been given a Christmas story. By the time I got home that day, I knew
the story was about the clerk, not the shopper.”
December 1, 2021
Congratulations
to the following authors for being nominated for the
2021 Pushcart Prize:
Shades of Chicago published in February 2021
For the Chicago Anthology click HERE
- "Twenty-first) Century Man" by Randall Jon Van Vynckt (Short Story)
- "Se Busca a Chicago" by RR Canyas (Short Story)
Shades of Positively Pandemic published in July 2021
For the Pandemic Anthology click HERE
- "Cat Naps in the Time of Coronavirus" by Anton Lee Richards (Short Story)
- "Year of Light" by Annette Cyr (Short Story)
Shades of Horrific Humor published in October 2021
For the Horror Humor Anthology click HERE
- "Dinner Parties" by Karen Brailsford (Short Story)
- "Carnival of the Lost" by Fannie Price (Short Story)
All stories published in our anthologies are incredibly moving so choosing 6 was tough, but the selected stories take these qualities to the next level.
July 24, 2021
Helen Cheng
Mao, author of “Time and Space Travel Courtesy of the Pandemic” in Write
Volumes’ Shades of Positively Pandemic, most recently wrote and performed in
the short Zoom comedy “A Night of Naked Faces”(https://youtu.be/SvVm1fJ7tR4).
Her 10-minute
Zoom comedies mentioned in “Time and Space Travel Courtesy of the Pandemic”
include “Who’s Behind the Mask?” (https://youtu.be/MOh5ouclSBE) and “Quarantine
Couple Dates: Romance Under Restrictions” (https://youtu.be/AtEMycto1tc).
For some chuckles, feel free to enjoy these short comedies!
February 1, 2021
Write Volumes is delighted contributor Sheila M. Cronin was published in Issue 82 of Kaleidoscope: Exploring the Experience of Disability through Literature and the Fine Arts. Cronin's story, Stanley,” can be found in this pioneer magazine in the genre of disability literature and fine arts at no cost online by visiting www.KaleidoscopeOnline.org
December 1, 2020
Congratulations
to the following authors for being nominated for the
2020 Pushcart Prize:
Karen Brailsford “Mommy, Still”
Elizabeth Cate “New Shoes For An Old Man”
Austin Gilkeson “I Am an 8-Year Old Japanese Girl”
Helen L “I”
Randall Van Vynckt “Valentine's Day”
Cameron Vanderwerf “Thera-Troopers”
All of these stories can be found in Shades of Transition and Transformation
Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
August 3, 2020
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August 2, 2020
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July 31, 2020
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July 30, 2020
April 2020
Write Volumes is happy to announce one of our Anthology story authors Fannie Price released BURN Book 2 of the exciting Cambion Rider Chronicles. Urban fantasy action with a strong black female lead. Think X Files with dragons and check it out today!***Click HERE to experience "Burn" today***
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