Fourteen Flowers
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The collection of fourteen short stories, written over a period of 12 years, runs the range from the tender, to the absurd, and back again. From the awkward blind date, to a humorous stay on a psychiatric ward, the collection explores the human mind and heart from varied points-of-view. This includes Milkweed, first place of the Missouri Literary Festival Short Story Contest, 2009: A Cold Touch, First place, Story Star, 2010: My Pop-Up, finalist, Glimmer Train Magazine, 2007: Ancient Campfires, Semifinalist, Salem College Literary Contest: Coattails, Second Round of the Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction, 2010: and Lost Seasons, semifinalist, New Millennium Writings.
Dale J. Flowers
Bio: I was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended the kindergarten, grade school, and high school of Saint John’s. In high school, I was placed in the third track. The first track was for college bound kids, the second for the blue collar types, and the third for juvenile delinquents and slow learners; with dyslexia I easily fell into the third. Subsequently, punctuation and spelling still strike me as something of a divine mystery.My college education started at Forest Park Community College in St. Louis and continued on at South East Missouri University of Cape Girardeau.A short break in college was provided by the draft board in 1969. It was then, in the army, I became 63A-10 truck mechanic. I have no idea what those numbers stand for and still have zero mechanical aptitude. Discharged, I continued my education, receiving my B.S. and M.A. in 1974, 1975 respectively. What I took away from Cape Girardeau was an appreciation for small towns.Always curious about the ocean, I started working my way West. Stopping off in Colorado for a few years, I earned a living as a teacher’s aid in Denver, before becoming a permanent transplant to the Northwest. I soon realized that the ocean sounded too much like the interstate. Subsequently, I have avoided Oregon’s natural beauty wherever it’s touched by the Pacific. In Oregon I became curious about writing, which I’ve been perusing for the past fifteen years. My writings frequently reflect Oregon’s distinctly wet climate, a brooding temperament. Now that I am a retired public high school teacher, I have more time to spend on two of my two favorite past-times, writing and drawing.
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