Bits and Pieces: Maple Grove Writers' Studio Anthology One

by Marj Helmer, Caroline Munro, Carolyn Wilhelm

The Writers’ Studio of Maple Grove has assembled this anthology for 2019. We have collected “Bits and Pieces” of our work for you to enjoy. Fiction, memoir, poetry, flash fiction, and nonfiction.

Sarah Bromage Life by Candle Light and Sharp as a Knife. Simple recordings of items in my life and the history connected with them.

Lise Spence-ParsonsA Trusted Killer – Retro story depicting the methodology of catching a serial killer.Memories of a Snowflake – older woman reminiscing, via flashbacks during a snowstorm, her life in a particular house.

The Remains of Men – Trio of interwoven personal stories spanning 1914 to the current day that explore the lives and social history of the times.

Sybil Swansonhe Invitation: Sophie Stevens has an invite to a gala. But, why? Who? Where? It’s a mystery to her. Should she go? Yes. No. Sophie can’t decide, but she must decide. Now.Dreaming: Every teenager daydreams, but then they grow up.Catch Me If You Can: Animals are often a mystery. This one is no different but definitely funny. Always Hope: Devastating times, but there are answers.Be a Procrastinator: A little satire for the day.

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2019

About the author

Helmer has been a student, high school teacher (German), mom, feminist, volunteer, office worker, computer trainer/sales/service, business owner, political candidate, grandma, and all around cheerleader. Currently she is a writer with rejections to prove it. She writes fiction based on important issues such as abortion (Mrs. A’s Tea Party) and end-of-life decisions (Abide-A-While Resort.) She believes in the individual and learning as a life-long activity. She writes in Minnesota.
 

Reviews

[Theodore Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an eclectic collection of short stories, flash fiction, and poems from new and more experienced indie writers in the Maple Grove [Minnesota] Writers’ Studio. And as many and varied are the stories found here are the genres represented: from reminiscences to police procedurals, and from pastoral descriptions of the countryside in the spring and winter to a disturbing but poignant tale the discovery of a child with autism. This is the work of ten writers, and the stories and poems included in this anthology are as different and individual as the writers. If you’re looking for something new with which to curl up on a cold winter night (or even a warm summer evening on the porch), this might just fill the bill.