Sunday, October 30th, 2016
Halloween is the perfect time to enjoy this amusing ghost story from Three Bridges: An Anthology (2014, Word Portrait Writing Services, 168 pages). The book’s title is also its theme: all 11 short stories reference one or more of downtown Knoxville’s three bridges. From the Inside Out is reprinted with permission from the author, Nancy Wahler,
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
Photos & article by: Michelle Sanders This fall, I was presented with the opportunity to visit Russia, a goal on my bucket list since childhood. After researching, brushing up my language skills, and obtaining a visa, I...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2015
At the End of Tornado Alley By: Delaney Thurston I remember a little rhyme I heard when I was young, It said, “April showers bring May flowers” That never applied to my town. April brings pitch-black...
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
HANGIN’ AT THE DUMP By: Linda Myers After we moved to Knoxville, hangin’ at the dump became one of the first Tennessee traditions instituted by my husband in his economic wisdom. After all, we were physically able...
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
ENCOUNTER WITH YESTERDAY By: Susan Lindsley The conference room hadn’t changed. Even the walls retained their yellow nicotine stains, and the folding chairs had yet to gain soft seats. I had been away from the college at...
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Friday, October 2nd, 2015
OLD LADY AND THE COYOTES By: Susan Lindsley She saw the coyotes out the kitchen window while she washed breakfast dishes. Five of them twisted around each other as they scavenged under the persimmon trees 40 yards...
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Thursday, August 27th, 2015
This short story was originally published in Hobart, a literary journal. Theresa by Sara Kachelman Worst thing I ever did I did when I was doing Hank’s cousin, Theresa. It was a crime of sloth, a crime of...
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Friday, June 19th, 2015
Jordan Nasser, a former Knoxvillian and author of Home Is A Fire says, “I wanted to write a romantic comedy that featured two men, but it had to be safe enough for my parents to read.” Home...
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
By: Carole Ann Borges REVIEW: The Ali Files/ On the Town with Ali Akbar Bill McGowan, authorCeltic Cat, publisher73 pages$12.00 soft coverBill McGowan’s book The Ali Files is about his friendship with the late Horace Pittman (aka...
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Saturday, February 7th, 2015
By: Judy S. Blackstock Under the Same Blue Sky Pamela Schoenewaldt, author William Morrow Paperbacks 352 pages $14.99 Knoxville author Pamela Schoenewaldt continues writing entertaining historical fiction with the publication of her third novel, Under The Same...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2014
“I wanted a way for Knoxville and Knox County residents to hike without undertaking a drive to the Smoky Mountains or other inconvenient areas,” said Ron Shrieves, an outings leader with the Harvey Broome Group of the...
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Monday, September 1st, 2014
I never read Charles Bukowski’s work because I was weary of the winos and pretentious writers at Sam & Andy’s who talked incessantly about Agee, McCarthy, Derrida, and Charles de Gaulle. Drunks who mistake a communal bowl...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2014
LIVE GREEN OR DIE TRYING (An Urban Farm Mystery, Book 1) By: YVONNE LOVEDAY If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you. —Oscar Wilde Chapter 1 David means “beloved.” And...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Article and Photos by: Judy Blackstock On April 23, I joined thousands of people in the United States, England, Germany, and Ireland to give away 500,000 books. The occasion was World Book Night (WBN). This exceptional...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2014
By: Doug Romig There was something different about the place when I walked in. Perhaps it was the sight of books that ranged from used paperbacks to new hardback classics with fancy covers. Perhaps it was the...
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