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Living Springs Publishers has the honor of presenting Stories Through The Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2019, a collection of fifteen outstanding stories by authors who were born in 1964 or earlier. We are incredibly fortunate to have many gifted and talented authors among the winners published in this, the third installment of Baby Boomers Plus.
Joanne M. Kuhns has won first prize in the 2019 Baby Boomers Plus contest. Her wonderful story, ‘Payday at the Mountaineers Café’ is told through the eyes of Lindy, a little girl in the early 1960’s, who tries very hard to make sense of the strange things adults say and do. Lindy’s perceptions, rooted in her innocence, are often funny and poignant.
Ronald C. Milburn has captured second place in this years’ contest for “Paddys Tonsorial Emporium”. Paddy is a likeable barber in a small town that could be located in any state in the Union. The story is told through the eyes of the shoe-shine boy, George, who is privy to the gossip, rumors and inside information from the town elite who use Paddys as a gathering place. Don’t miss this beautifully written story.
Henry Stevens survives the depression and all the other difficulties of life that a small farmer must face. Yet the one thing he longs for eludes him until the very end, only is it too late to matter? David Tarpenning wins third place for his touching tribute to human perseverance with his story, “Now would be Forever”.
A hilarious romp through the mind of a fifth-grade girl and the school play where she has been slighted, horribly and unfairly by Sister Mary Agnes. In “Revolt of the Blessed Virgin Mother”, Mary Alice Dixon has crafted an exceptional story both funny and believable. Life isn’t always fair, but our heroine does her part to get even for the slights she suffers. Delightful reading.
Big brother gets a new puppy yet, most of the chores fall to little sister who performs them willingly but always knowing that the dog is his. Jamie Enslin’s family tale, “The Dog’s His”, is well written and a joy to read.
In Jackie Ross Flaum’s story “The Narcissist” former Germantown, TN. alderman Dan Anderson died of poison from the bulbs of the Narcissus poeticus flower. A poetic end for a classic narcissist, but was it an accident—or something else?
Nothing grabs your attention like a living nativity scene on a cold Christmas evening. Maybe Jay Gilbert’s experience at the “St. Paul’s Living Nativity” carries that emotion to an extreme but we, the reader, are the better for it. Wonderful tale of one family’s night of fame in the living nativity.
Lisa McCormack has written a wonderfully witty story about a young girl coming of age during a difficult time in her life and the life of her loved ones. “Trouble with Blooming” describes a seemingly idyllic existence shattered by events that expose the ugly side of human nature to our heroine, Louise, who faces each crisis with the dogged determination of youth. A must read.
A freak snowstorm and a little serendipity offers a chance at romance and reward as coincidental travelers come together during “A Night in St. Louis“. This wonderful story was written by Race McKee.
“Reelect the President” by Anthony J. Mohr, is required reading for anyone who lived through the Nixon Presidency and everyone else who needs to learn the lessons gained. This is real inside information and a part of the story never told. Don’t miss this wonderfully written account of one man’s brush with the infamy of the Nixon years.
I.M. Merckel’s charming story, “The Teacher” is a feel-good tale about a curmudgeonly traveler who spends more time in airports than at home, or so it seems. He finds fault with most of the people and situations around him until one special relationship develops that he can’t ignore and the result is a wonderful lesson learned. Great story!
Lt. Col. Robert B. Robeson, USA (Ret) has crafted an emotional description of what a medical evacuation helicopter pilot experienced during the war in Vietnam. “Life and Death in Vietnam” leaves the reader breathless at the intensity of the action. How did these men survive? This story is marvelously written and stated in the clear, no-nonsense mood of the times. A must read.
A young man grows up on an idyllic mountain range, living the cowboy life that he longed for. Only not every experience was pleasant. Even the worst disaster imaginable led to life’s lessons learned and a successful happy adult. Don’t miss Matthew Treadway‘s “Tincup, Colorado 1982”.
“The Ring” is a story of an elite hairdresser, an act of love between a long-time client — a promise, an expensive diamond ring against a promise of the heart and the power of hair. Trudy Wells-Meyer wrote this story with a belief: “One does not choose the time to write . . . it chooses you.”
Patricia Walkow’s story “Woven” is a delightful story of a middle-aged couple whose lives are affected by a seemingly impossible event that causes them to reflect on a relationship grown stale over time. Did it really happen? Only they know for sure and that is all that matters.
Stories Through The Ages Baby Boomers Plus - Books from our Baby Boomers short story contest
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