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Tag: Featured Writing

August 19, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Elizabeth’s Nightmare by June Kosier

It doesn’t pay to read to your daughter before bed and then have a glass of wine while watching the 10:00 news on a stormy night. Back in the beginning … Continue reading Elizabeth’s Nightmare by June Kosier

August 9, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Marianne No Longer Travels with Me by June Kosier

Before I retired, I was a dialysis nurse at the VA and belonged to a professional group known as the ANNA which stood for the American Nephrology Nurses Association. The … Continue reading Marianne No Longer Travels with Me by June Kosier

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Brother & Sister #2 by Leslie Sittner

“Jeez, Hon, this reminds me of the lower east side at home in New York City. Check it out!” My Fellow agrees with a smile and says, “Yeah, but we … Continue reading Brother & Sister #2 by Leslie Sittner

August 9, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

A GHOSTLY VACATION IN THE ADIRONDACKS by Edward Pontacoloni

The ghost of Harold Harwood haunts the Hamlet of Ironville in Essex County, New York,  The hamlet is just a neighborhood, really: the Congregational Church with large windows flanking its … Continue reading A GHOSTLY VACATION IN THE ADIRONDACKS by Edward Pontacoloni

August 9, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

A Vacation I’d Rather Forget by Duane L. Herrmann

I don't want to associate the experience with the word 'vacation,' but it was a trip away from home. Many details of that nightmare trip have thankfully faded, but one … Continue reading A Vacation I’d Rather Forget by Duane L. Herrmann

August 2, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Strangers Passing Through Town by Duane L. Herrmann

"Mabel! Mabel!" John excitedly jostled his wife in bed sound asleep as soon as he got to his home in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He hadn't yet begun to undress this night … Continue reading Strangers Passing Through Town by Duane L. Herrmann

August 2, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Untitled by Leslie Sittner

ascertain-assiduous-derivative-existential-plethora-prudent-Sisyphean-subsequent-trepidation-worrisome At first he knew that it was an existential problem—that sadly, a worrisome decision he must make. While he was normally assiduous in his thinking, and always prudent in … Continue reading Untitled by Leslie Sittner

August 2, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Ma by June Kosier

I would like to tell you about my great grandmother. Her name is June, but everyone in our house calls her “Ma”. I am her best friend. I live with … Continue reading Ma by June Kosier

July 27, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Library Post card by Duane L. Herrmann

It was a library, an ancient one, I could tell by the style of the shelves and stairs. No library like that had been built in hundreds of year, and … Continue reading Library Post card by Duane L. Herrmann

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THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT

In Second Place, the recent novel by Rachel Cusk, a woman opens her guest house (“The Second Place”) to an artist for three months, hoping he’ll find a connection between her home and his work. What actually happens is much more confusing and unsettling.

Try writing about a memorable house-guest you’ve had at some point in your life, whether it’s your ex-pat uncle who visited once when you were nine or a visit from an old friend that sparked a new adventure. Remember, fiction is your friend (especially if you’ve got a house-guest story that caused, as the guest in Cusk’s novel did, substantial turmoil).

Submit your response by Sunday, August 15, 2022. All creative writing responses will be shared on @adkctr4writing and adirondackcenterforwriting.org. Note: You are expected to edit your own submission before sending it.

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