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Category: Featured Writing

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Starting At My House by Glenn Linsenbardt

Starting at my house and zooming out you'll see some cows in the field across thestreet. Next there's a town office building that was built a few years after I … Continue reading Starting At My House by Glenn Linsenbardt

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

THE LEGACY A FAMILY TRAGEDY By Lourdes Santiago

It was a short dream. My great grandmother handed me a map and told me “this is the proof that the land is ours. Fight for it. “ In my … Continue reading THE LEGACY A FAMILY TRAGEDY By Lourdes Santiago

September 16, 2026September 16, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

The Vindication of Mrs. Connor by June Kosier

“It feels good to finally have the closing and get started on the remodeling,” she spoke. “Remodeling a house built in the early 1800s with the original kitchen with a … Continue reading The Vindication of Mrs. Connor by June Kosier

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

The Kudu Horns by Susan Hahn

I had a pair of kudu horns (note the past tense). They hung over my front door, a spiral sculpture that arched upward, tapering to points. Two horns, each about … Continue reading The Kudu Horns by Susan Hahn

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Along Came a Spider, Who Sat Down Beside Her by June Kosier

“I thought I saw a spider, but it was just a piece of yarn.  It’s dead yarn now.” Writing on a shirt Like most girls, at the age of ten, … Continue reading Along Came a Spider, Who Sat Down Beside Her by June Kosier

August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Two Definitions of Noise by Allen Guy Wilcox

Two Definitions of Noise by Allen Guy Wilcox We awake in a four-poster to the gradient sheen of atomic light,  a static conclave of still blinking stars  in the lace … Continue reading Two Definitions of Noise by Allen Guy Wilcox

August 26, 2026August 26, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

The Dinner by Katerina Canyon

Without conversation there is a nod between us at the restaurant. The table is a sea rocking us in different directions. You are unsteady. I balance like an acrobat. Into … Continue reading The Dinner by Katerina Canyon

August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Wrong Phone Call by Duane L Herrmann

This happened over fifty years ago. I was in my late teens. I was living for a few months with friends. One time, when I was there alone, the phone … Continue reading Wrong Phone Call by Duane L Herrmann

August 17, 2026August 17, 2026 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Childhood Remains by Duane L Herrmann

Relics from a childhood found in a time capsule buried in 1969 when I left home for college and life on my own at age 17. I never looked back, … Continue reading Childhood Remains by Duane L Herrmann

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