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Rachel A. Marks
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The Angel of My Desire
R. L. Copple
Finding you Friend
Christie Halle Devlin
The Glance
Robin Offerdahl
Echoes
Tyrean Martinson
THE GOLDEN TREASURY
Ashutosh Ghildiyal
Fiction Addiction
Hide and Seek
Rachel Stewart (Student)
Dandelion Wishes
Helen Silverstein
The Cisco Kid
Brian Merklin
Enough
Mary R. Hawkins (Student)
A Twist in the Old Lasso
Jo Ann Snapp
Romance
A Twist in the Old Lasso
Jo Ann Snapp
Wildflower Wine
A.G. Elrod
Splash of Flash
Hummingbird
Suzanne W. Vincent
My Name
Skye Kinkade
Serviettes
Mary Ann Noe
Passengers
J.C. Towler
Hurricane Elliot
Joanne Sher
Historically Speaking
Bishop Martin's Cloak
Andrew M. Seddon
The Mountain
Joshua Gage
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The Angel of My Desire by R. L. Copple
Poetry - Contemporary
Angel: One who touches our lives, even briefly, in special ways. - Discuss in Forums Finding you Friend by Christie Halle Devlin
Poetry - Literary
Dear God,
I'm lonely.
- Discuss in Forums Hide and Seek by Rachel Stewart (Student)
Fiction - Literary
You aren't found unless you want to be found. Kathy plans to hide all day and win the game... if you can call it "winning." - Discuss in Forums Haruah 2010 Guidelines Update by R. L. Copple
News - Contemporary
Haruah sets new focus for 2010. - Discuss in Forums The Glance by Robin Offerdahl
Poetry - Literary
- Discuss in Forums Hummingbird by Suzanne W. Vincent
Flash Fiction - Contemporary
In the hour before nightfall, Aleida feeds her hummingbirds and remembers days long past. - Discuss in Forums Dandelion Wishes by Helen Silverstein
Fiction - Literary
Dandelion Wishes offers a glimpse into the tender joy of a young girl. - Discuss in Forums Echoes by Tyrean Martinson
Poetry - Literary
- Discuss in Forums The Cisco Kid by Brian Merklin
Fiction - Contemporary
Hope can arrive in your last moments alive, but will it save you?
Harry has a choice to make. On one side of him lies an end to everything he knows; on the other, uncertainty, possible failure, but life nonetheless.
Hope can give you a reason. Or it can be the last thing you ever see. - Discuss in Forums THE GOLDEN TREASURY by Ashutosh Ghildiyal
Poetry - Literary
- Discuss in Forums Enough by Mary R. Hawkins (Student)
Fiction - Literary
"I had escaped the clutches of one god, only to fall captive to another..." - Discuss in Forums On the Road to Damascus, Georgia by L. Ward Abel
Poetry - Literary
This life and the search for flashes - Discuss in Forums A Twist in the Old Lasso by Jo Ann Snapp
Fiction - Romance
Nettie Yoder stood in the dusty street of Laws, California waiting for Jake Spiral. The tender letters he wrote to her in Boston touched her heart but still, Laws was a distance to come for marriage to a man she'd never seen. No matter the outcome though, she could not go back to Boston. - Discuss in Forums Since Self I Gave Away by C. Maggie Woychik
Poetry - Literary
Virtue turns to vice in our own hands. - Discuss in Forums Extraction: Pakistan by D.I. Telbat
Fiction - Contemporary
Two covert soldiers come into a Pakistani camp to rescue kidnapped missionaries, to find only one alive. Does he even want to leave his captors? Why would he want to stay? Find out what this prisoner considers more important than his life. - Discuss in Forums Birthday Missionary by Jonathan Facelli
True-to-life Story - Literary
When Jonathan arrived in Kenya he expected to meet his sister for a month of escapist traveling around East Africa. What he didn't know was that his sister would not be there to meet him, and in just a few day he would become an accidental missionary. - Discuss in Forums The Third Time Today by Sheri Flowers Anderson
PoetryPoem for son - Discuss in Forums Gemma's Box by Amber Harvey
Fiction - Contemporary
Gemma Knowells is initially disappointed in her inheritance from Grandma: a box of letters. She soon discovers that lessons from the past may be the key to success in her future. - Discuss in Forums Meditation 13 by Anne Brooke
Poetry - Contemporary
- Discuss in Forums Bishop Martin's Cloak by Andrew M. Seddon
Fiction - Historical
When Roman soldier Martin divided his cloak with a beggar on a cold winter's day, he could not have foreseen how that scrap of cloth would change the lives of those who followed him... - Discuss in Forums Worm by Wm Kamffer
Poetry - Literary
Creation is filled with allegory, and this amazing worm is no different. - Discuss in Forums For What It's Worth by Donna Watkins
Fiction - Literary
There wasn't anything here, nothing of value anyway. Some rusting tools, rotting wood, forgotten memories. Wait, though, something was coming back to me, something my grandmother used to say: "Just because you can't see the value in something, doesn't mean it doesn't have value at all." - Discuss in Forums THOSE HILLS by Ashutosh Ghildiyal
Poetry - Discuss in Forums Peace, Love, Perspective by Elrena Evans
Fiction - Literary
A change in the day's plans causes a mother and her young daughter to shift perspective...perhaps for the better. - Discuss in Forums Meditation 11 by Anne Brooke
Poetry - Contemporary
- Discuss in Forums The Weather Channel by Amy Corbin
Fiction - Literary
This is a love story based on my grandparents. - Discuss in Forums Dust of the Rabbi by Abigail Knutson
Poetry - Literary
- Discuss in Forums The Frequency of Swinging by Brad D. Green
Fiction - Literary
I catch glimpses of their great machines through the leaves: yellow flashes of great claws, blistered with mud. - Discuss in Forums SASE by Olivia Adams
Poetry - Contemporary
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Side Notes...
As a slush editor for several years now, I see stories come through that get rejected for one reason or another. I thought it might be helpful to list the three main reasons I've recommended rejecting stories in the past. There are other reasons, but by far most of the stories I've suggested to decline are due to violating one of these three needs.
The main reason I would recommend a decline is lack of conflict and tension. Exempt from this requirement is a fully literary story where the flow of words and images they create are more like poetic prose than your standard story. But if your story isn't poetic, and doesn't paint striking images, then it will be evaluated on standard story requirements.
And the whole story should move this tension forward. A frequent problem I see is stories that start too early, conveying mundane details of a person's life before we get to where the story really starts to move forward. Yes, those elements can convey characterization. But good characterization happens where the story builds, not in talking about actions and events that don't matter to the story.
There are two kinds of tension that are built for most stories. One is plot tension. A conflict ensues between two people who want the same thing, or want opposite results. One is trying to stop the other. The key here is that there is uncertainty in the outcome. The character(s) struggle, and the more they overcome against all odds, the more powerful the tension will be. Unfortunately, many stories I read go nowhere. There is no real build to a climax, no real struggle to achieve a victory, whatever that might be.
The second type of tension is character tension. This and plot tension are often combined into one story and play off each other. But you can have a story that is mostly, if not all, character tension. This is conflict between two people on a mental and/or emotional level, or even a person battling a desire o... continued.
Copyright 2010, R. L. Copple. All rights reserved.
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Harûah seeks to publish works that show the wonder and awesome power of a living, loving God who is active and intimately involved in humanity. It is ecumenical in nature, and though grounded in Christian principles and traditional values, it does not set out to promote the practices or beliefs of any particular denomination. Within the pages of Harûah, readers will find, besides the occasional work with specific Christian content, many works that honor the values and tenets of a wide variety of faith traditions.
Fiction, poetry, and stories of life are the heart of Harûah, but other types of features are also included. But in all cases, readers can be sure that everything included will be wholesome and inoffensive. Readers of all ages can enjoy the literary works of Harûah.
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