I’d like to thank Laila Miller of Australia for her flash fiction submission “How To Bake Cupcakes”, an engaging tale based on a true story involving her son.
Laila Miller lives in Perth, Western Australia, where she creates stories about sea urchins and turnips, and where she places third in unfair writing challenges with her husband and son.
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I’d like to thank Y.Y. Browne for her flash fiction story submission ‘Hello Unavailable’, a quirky and clever tale about life and the memories left behind.
Y. Y. Browne lives in England with her family of two children, one husband, three dogs, and two cornsnakes. Her poetry and stories have appeared in Obsessed With Pipework, FRiGG, Poetry Monthly, Weyfarers, Blast, Autumn Sky, Peeking Cat Literary, and Everyday Fiction.
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I’d like to thank Kathleen Kelly from the USA for her non-fiction story submission “Because We’re Fancy”. A touching reflection of the special bond between mother and daughter.
Kathleen is a mother of three toddlers and lives with her husband and their children in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She teaches high school English, a course on social justice and professional development on equity. Her work has recently been published in In Parentheses, So to Speak, and Kitchen Sink Magazine. Along with reading and writing, she enjoys adventures with her family, libraries, the outdoors, history, good television, trying new foods, and exploring new hobbies with hopes they’ll stick. She is forever appreciative of her own mother and the lessons she continues to learn from her now that she is an adult who is friends with her mom.
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I’d like to thank Jeremy Merillat for his submission ‘The Cure For Pain’, a poetic and touching tribute to his wife, who’s kisses he says “are the cure for most of the maladies experienced by our boys and me alike.”
Jeremy Merillat is a husband and father of 2 young boys and an emerging writer based in Budapest. His nonfiction has appeared in The Piker Press and The Potato Soup Journal and his fiction was recently long listed in the 2020 Fiction Factory Short Story Competition. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram.
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I would like to thank S.A. McKenzie for her short story submission “Happy Birthday”, a touching true story based on the events of the week when her mother passed away.
S.A. McKenzie lives at the bottom of the world on one of the better-looking islands of New Zealand, in the earthquake-ravaged ruins of the city of Christchurch. After surviving more than 12,000 aftershocks she has become adept at estimating the exact magnitude of any quake based on the amount of coffee spilled. She mostly writes offbeat and blackly humorous science fiction and fantasy stories featuring time travelling rabbits, carnivorous unicorns and man-eating subway trains. While she was once a stepmother, she is currently childless and between cats. Find her online at www.hedgehogcircus.com
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I want to thank Jennifer Blanke for her submission ‘Peanut Butter and Parenting’, a true story about parenting and being parented.
Jennifer Blanke has a BS in Elementary Education and a Master of Fine Arts in Writing degree from Lindenwood University where she was an editorial assistant for two issues of The Lindenwood Review. She is a wife, mother, teacher, and writer in St. Louis, Missouri and has writing published in Mum Life Stories and Her View From Home.
Website: http://jennifermblanke.com/home/
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