Hello everyone,

Join me once again on writingblog.ca for this week’s stories and poems. We Begin with a story of a little boy and his dog written by me, entitled “A Match Made in Heaven”. Followed by the second chapter of our current story chain “The Dinner Party” written by Mike Crompton. You can find chapter 1 in the archives, under Story Chains. Then a poem about teenage angst by Mary Penner, entitled “Redemption”. And lastly, another story about Lovey and Lass, my fiesty old couple, entitled “The Plate Stickers”. I hope you enjoy the stories and send comments to me for the authors.

Also, I am sending out another request for short stories. The reservoir is running low, so if you can find time in your busy summer schedules, please send me a story or two. Otherwise, I may have to publish only every other week. In case there is confusion, you don’t have to be a member of any writing group, or within a certain age group to be published here. I’m looking for amateur or semi-professional writing and poetry. Please consider sending your work to brendashort@writingblog.ca

Hello everyone,

Please join me this week for the latest stories and poems on Short’s Shorts. We begin with a confession from me about my early days as a devotee and my disillusionment with the way religions are delivered these days, titled “Bring Back the Latin.” We begin a new story chain with a four-author story titled, “The Dinner Party” and chapter one written by Joyce Ernyes. This is followed by a delightful poem of grandfather and grandchild by Dian Bower, titled “Hand and Nose Print”. And last, but not least, another of Mike Crompton’s witty stories, titled “Maths For the Aging”.

I am open for submissions at this point, so if you have a story or a poem that you would like to send me, please attach it to an email and address to brendashort@writingblog.ca and don’t forget to send you comments for the authors.

Bren

Hello everyone,

Please join me this week on writingblog.ca for the last episode of Deep Freeze, our popular story chain section. Remember that the previous chapters are saved in the archives section if you missed any of them.  Chapter 5 concludes the story and was written by Frank Castellano. We have a poem, beautifully written and illustrated by Angela van Breemen, titled “Into the Forest”. Also a story about conquering your fears and the comfort given by a therapy dog, written by Mary Penner and appropriately titled, “To the Rescue.” And to conclude, a twist on the Wordsmiths challenge ‘To Write a Story About a Stranger’ This is one of my offerings and is titled, “Stranger, Danger!”

The Writers appreciate any feedback on their stories. You can send via the story page, or by sending to me directly at brendashort@writingblog.ca

Also, please feel free to send me your stories and poems to brendashort@writingblog.ca and stay cool!

Bren

Hello everyone,

Please join me on writingblog.ca this week for my story that was crafted from a Wordsmiths challenge, titled “Fingerprint In Blood”, also a tale about unfortunate failures, written by Mike Crompton and titled “The Flautist”, a tongue-in-cheek poem from me, titled “Both Eyes On the Ground and finally, the fourth gripping chapter in our current story chain from Barbara Cotterchio-Milligan, titled “Deep Freeze”

Bren

Hello everyone,

I hope you enjoyed your Canada Day, or the 4th of July celebrations. Once again this week we have stories with Canadian content. We start off with a hair-raising story about a new Canadian, from Isolde Ryan, titled “Welcome to Canada”. Then the 2nd place winner in the semi-annual writing competition, Dian Bowers with her story about the trial and tribulations of towing a camper, titled “Our First Family Trip”. The poem of the week by Angela van Breemen is a vision of hope, titled “The Sun Will Shine Again” and finally, the third week of our story chain, “Deep Freeze” by Diane Litster. Please send you comments for the writers.

Bren

Hello everyone,

Join me this week for the winning story in my semi-annual writing competition. Angie Rose-Carnegie and her story titled “Magical Island Vacation”. Also two contributions in celebration of Canada Day. A story about Canada from Dian Bowers titled “Canada Lost and Found and a poem from Isolde Ryan titled “Our Canada”

A donation of $100 has been sent to Red Cross for Ukraine relief from Short’s Shorts. Thank you to those who contributed through their competition entry fees.

Happy Canada Day to all you Canadians out there and Happy 4th of July to our American neighbours.

Bren

Hello everyone,

Soon I will feature a monthly biography newsletter, beginning with some of our local personalities. Stay tuned. I began interviewing this month. If there’s anyone you would like to recommend, send their contact information to brendashort@writingblog.ca

Bren

Hello everyone,

The $50 winner of the recent Semi-Annual Writing Competition is Angie Rose-Carnegie with her story “Magical Island Vacation”  A close runner-up For $25 prize was Dian Bower with her vacation story, “Our First Family Trip”. You can read and enjoy their stories on next week’s blog at writingblog.ca.  Please join me in congratulating Angie and Dian.

Bren