Stories and Poems from the American South

Contributors include:

Gary R. Hoffman  ▪  S. C. Jeffers   ▪  L.L. Lee     Judy Davies  ▪  Sylvia Skrmetta  ▪  Bob Strother

Brenda Finnegan  ▪  Allen Russell  ▪  Kara Martinez Bachman  ▪  Anne McKee  ▪  John M. Floyd

Nancy McLendon  ▪  Philip L. Levin  ▪  Cynthia Lamb  ▪  Merle McCann  ▪  Jan Rider Newman

Shannon Rule Bardwell  ▪  Barb Goffman  ▪  Elva Avara  ▪  Marlyn Allgood  ▪  Cecilia Dominic

Terry I. Miles  ▪  Jim Wilson, DVM  ▪  Frankie Germany  ▪  Angie Quinn

-- Anthology Editors --

Philip L. Levin, president of the 150+ -member Gulf Coast Writers Association, inherited his writing prowess from an authoress mother and an editor father. His best selling suspense thriller, “Inheritance,” and his children's book, “Consuto and the Rain God,” are available on-line and at bookstores.  When not writing, Philip whiles away his off-hours as an Emergency Room Doctor in Gulfport, Mississippi.

After years of living all over the US, Grace Blackmarr Lebo returned home to Mississippi, a suddenly single mother of six. Having studied Creative Writing in college and at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, she became a reporter and columnist. She and Jim met and married, forming a family with 9 grown children. They settled on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and recently celebrated their 25^th anniversary.

A former president of Gulf Coast Writers Association, she purchased and published a small Southern magazine, Back Porch. Lebo edits and proofreads stories and books. She will publish a cookbook soon and continues working on her family’s history.

Richard Creel received a B.A. from Millsaps College, a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School, a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University, and taught philosophy and religion at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, for thirty years. Richard has published 4 books, numerous articles, and served as president of the New York Philosophical Association. In 2002 he retired to his home town, Biloxi, MS, and has enjoyed editing work with the Magnolia Quarterly and private individuals.

-- Cover Art --

A Condominium on the Yacona River

By ALICE MOSELEY, Folk Artist

          Miss Alice, as she was referred to by her friends and admirers, was a self-taught idyllic folk artist, who began painting at age 65 to maintain her sanity while caring for her Alzheimer-afflicted mother. This is being written by her son Tim Moseley, an antique collector and part-time antique dealer for over 30 years. Back around 1970, I was going to the flea market in Nashville, Tennessee and talked my mom into taking her paintings. She reluctantly agreed. I rented her a stall and helped her hang the first 30 paintings that she had painted. I then resumed my search for antique bargains. When I returned an hour later, Mom was in an empty stall holding a $1,350 check. "He bought them all, he bought them all," Mom excitedly told me. A Mr. Barr from Kentucky had indeed bought them all for $45 apiece. That was the day when Alice Moseley, retired schoolteacher, became Alice Moseley "Professional Artist."