Author: Every Writer

Richard Edwards has a BFA in Creative Writing and Journalism from Bowling Green State University and an M.S. in Education from the University of Akron. Managing editor of Drunk Duck, poetry editor for Prairie Margins, reporter for Miscellany, Akron Journal, Lorain Journal, and The BG News. He has also worked as a professional writer and editor in the medical publishing industry for several years. For the last 15 years Richard has also taught literature and writing at the secondary and post-secondary levels. He works much of the time with at-risk students.

Carmel Girl by Julie Quiroz

Posted on March 29, 2013December 30, 2013 by Every Writer

The doctor was surprised. Looking up from his clipboard, he watched a girl rise from her waiting room chair, the arm of a seated boy gently guiding her as she stood. Without looking at the intake form, the doctor guessed they were fifteen or sixteen

A Toe in the Water by Renay Allen

Posted on March 25, 2013August 8, 2017 by Every Writer

I step to the seashore. It?s raining? again. Froth lingers at the edge, discoloured a putrid yellow as if the waves have been out on the town and drunk a little too much

He Wanders Lonely by Frank Joussen

Posted on March 22, 2013December 30, 2013 by Every Writer

?Cloud? isn?t his real name, of course. It is ?Claude?. But his new classmates in idyllic Chester have never met a French exchange student before and got him wrong. They have never bothered giving it another thought. They are sure that his name is ?Cloud?, but that doesn?t mean you should ridicule him for it; he is a Frenchman after all.

The Taste of 3 A.M. by Mercel Meyers

Posted on March 18, 2013December 31, 2013 by Every Writer

In the short story, The Taste of 3 A.M. by Mercel Meyers, the good the bad comes back around.

Africa in Short by Marijke Hillmann

Posted on March 15, 2013July 31, 2017 by Every Writer

Marijke Hillmann is our first featured recurring author. She is currently writing a novel about a 40 year period she spent in Africa. We are very overjoyed to have her works on our site.

Broken Windows by Marijke Hillmann

Posted on March 15, 2013December 31, 2013 by Every Writer

Broken Windows by Marijke Hillmann It is lunch time in a Johannesburg factory. Kagiso, Gift and Tau are

The Ragged-Trousered Misogynist by Sue Roff

Posted on March 12, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer

She came to know a place, a very cheap hotel, where she had no past but was only the present. Sitting on the verandah at night watching mosquitoes immolate themselves in the kerosene lamps.

The Art of Learning by Kristina England

Posted on March 8, 2013December 31, 2013 by Every Writer

It all started when Jamie dusted off her Encyclopedias.

She was in the attic with her seven year old son, John. She stared at the heavy texts and shook her head. Now you could read about Giraffes or Atlas Moths on Wikipedia.

Club by Night by Vicky Hayes

Posted on February 25, 2013December 31, 2013 by Every Writer

We lived in an apartment a quarter of a mile from the heart of the city. Our room was nestled into the back with a decent walk in closet and bathroom.

The Fridge by Marijke Hillmann

Posted on February 21, 2013March 15, 2013 by Every Writer

The camper ambles its way through the Tete Province, Mozambique on a sweltering, humid late afternoon in 1975. Our 13 months? old son is dozing off in his seat ? I sit next to him and hold the bottle he has just finished drinking.