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Rebecca D. Elswick

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Rebecca D. Elswick, the daughter and granddaughter of coal miners, lives in the coalfields of Appalachia where she was born. Rebecca has an M.Ed. degree from East Tennessee State University and an MFA from West Virginia Wesleyan. She is a life-long educator.
Her short fiction has received numerous awards and appeared in journals and magazines. Mama’s Shoes, her award-winning debut novel, was published by Writer’s Digest.
Her new novel, The Dream is the Truth was published February 4, 2025 by Artemesia Publishing.
Email Rebecca at rdelswick@hotmail.com

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Rebecca D. Elswick I went to bed in Halloween night still laughing at my son who was going with his friends to explore an old house that was supposedly haunted. When I w…moreI went to bed in Halloween night still laughing at my son who was going with his friends to explore an old house that was supposedly haunted. When I woke the next morning I saw I had missed a text, “Help Me!”(less)
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 On New Year's Eve, I did something I can never remember doing before. I went to bed before midnight. No watching the ball drop in Times Square, no toasts to 2021, although I was never more happy to see a year go than 2020; instead, I snuggled in bed with my three-year-old granddaughter and wasn't even aware when 2020 had slipped into history. That tiny body next to mine, emanating the heat of you

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Rebecca Elswick Beth wrote: "Hi Rebecca,
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