2015 Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop Anthology of Short Stories, Micro- and Flash-Fiction, and Poetry

By Pickford Community Library Young Writers Workshop

These stories and poems, written by extremely talented 6th through 11th graders, will delight you with their imaginative content and expert presentation. You'll find vampires, wolves, lovers, and more who will take you from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. You will marvel at the way only a few words can express such an expanse of creativity by young writers who are on their way to becoming well-known authors. Find out for yourself by reading the offerings in our 2015 anthology.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JLB Creatives Publishing
• Release date: May 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310536915

Pickford Community Library Young Writers Workshop

The Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop (YWW) is the largest group of aspiring authors in the state of Michigan. Each school year JLB Creatives Publishing presents literary "adventures" from their Journey to Publication Writing Program / Curriculum. This highly interactive program holds over 100 combined years of experience in the industry, and the Pickford Community Library's young writers have been a crucial part in developing this ground breaking writing program for creative kids of all ages. Find out more at www.JourneyToPublication.com

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2015 Pickford Community Library's

YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP

ANTHOLOGY

of Short Stories, Micro- and Flash-Fiction, and Poetry

Lydia Gilbert, Megan Cook, Amy Lehigh, and Honnah Patnode

Published by JLB Creatives Publishing at Smashwords

Copyright 2015 by Lydia Gilbert, Megan Cook, Amy Lehigh, Honnah Patnode

All rights reserved.

ISBN 13: 978-1-63324-063-6

10: 1633240630

This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The authors guarantee all contents are original and do not infringe upon the legal rights of any other person or work.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

The views and opinions expressed in this book may not be those of the publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Dar Bagby

Eight Micro-Fiction Stories by Lydia Gilbert

The Taste of Blood By Megan Cook

Wolf Stories by Amy Lehigh

Stardust Scattered in the Silence by Honnah Patnode

INTRODUCTION

Thanks to the

Pickford Community Pickford Community Library and its manager, Ann Marie Smith, young people in Michigan’s Eastern Upper Peninsula have the opportunity to attend the Young Writers Workshop where they learn the basics of writing and publishing. They attend a series of sessions at the library, free of charge, for an hour every two weeks throughout the school year. Staff members of JLB Creatives Publishing volunteer their time to meet with the participants—several of them via digital conferencing—and share their knowledge of the literary field.

At the end of each year’s workshop the group members have the opportunity to become published authors. JLB Creatives Publishing compiles an e-anthology of the members’ works and makes it available at no cost to readers through Smashwords. In addition, area library card holders have access to it online, as the anthology is listed on Overdrive. Returning Young Writers Workshop members are encouraged to write and publish on Smashwords—free of