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Sheri McGuinn
Feb 21, 20196 min read
Warped Tales: The Gardener – Part 2
Warped Tales – be warned. As a child I read piles of books filled with short stories – the complete works of Poe, stories from the...
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Sheri McGuinn
Feb 14, 20196 min read
Warped Tales: The Gardener – Part 1
Warped Tales – be warned. As a child I read piles of books filled with short stories – the complete works of Poe, stories from the...
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Sheri McGuinn
Feb 7, 20194 min read
Warped Tales: The Development
Warped Tales – be warned. As a child I read piles of books filled with short stories – the complete works of Poe, stories from the...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 31, 20195 min read
Defining Moments: Where Ponderosa Pines Stand Guard
Carla King’s 4th Edition of Self-Publishing Boot Camp, Guide for Independent Authors is available tomorrow (2/1/19). Check it out here....
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 24, 20198 min read
Defining Moments: Technology & Yesterday’s Coffee
Marvin unplugged his computer for the fourth time as yet another thunderstorm rolled through. He worked on battery, trying to meet his...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 17, 20197 min read
Defining Moments: Future in Podunk
Looking ahead, James could see the train snake around a curve. Then centrifugal force gently shifted him away from the coach window. In...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 10, 20195 min read
Defining Moments: Remorse
Okay – we’re back to fiction. This one’s a stand-alone story from my dark side. “Your girlfriend’s here.” Miguel grinned over the counter...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 3, 20193 min read
A New Year – 2019
I’ll be back to short stories next week, but a year ago I was blogging primarily for writers, talking about reasonable expectations,...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 27, 20183 min read
A Single Christmas Tale
A stand-alone story, first published in The Maverick, Show Low AZ. Glaring sunlight intruded on Alec’s dreams. He rolled over, willing...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 20, 20185 min read
Novel Bites: Christmas with Sunshine
Novel Bites is a series of short stories from the perspective of secondary characters in my novels. Sometimes the story is straight from...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 13, 20184 min read
Novel Bites: Missy’s Tahoe Christmas
Novel Bites is a series of short stories from the perspective of secondary characters in my novels. Sometimes the story is straight from...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 6, 20183 min read
Novel Bites: Maria’s Secret
Novel Bites is a series of short stories from the perspective of secondary characters in my novels. Sometimes the story is straight from...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 29, 20186 min read
Novel Bites: Jimmy’s Plan
Novel Bites is a series of short stories from the perspective of secondary characters in my novels. Sometimes the story is straight from...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 22, 20184 min read
Novel Bites: Nina’s Thanksgiving
Novel Bites is a series of short stories from the perspective of secondary characters in my novels. Sometimes the story is straight from...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 15, 20183 min read
Novel Bites: Lizzie from Running Away
Novel Bites is a series of short stories from the perspective of secondary characters in my novels. Sometimes the story is straight from...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 8, 20187 min read
Novel Bites: CJ from Running Away
Novel Bites is a series of short stories from the perspective of secondary characters in my novels. This is a scene from Running Away,...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 1, 201810 min read
Impressions: Alone With Jimmy
The house is so small that the sound of brush against teeth carries down the hallway to the bed where I’ve been lying on my back,...
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Sheri McGuinn
Oct 25, 20184 min read
Impressions: A Grizzly Dog Tale
It was the damned dogs that caused all the trouble. If they hadn’t barked all the time, we wouldn’t have gotten evicted, which the wife...
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Sheri McGuinn
Oct 18, 20183 min read
Impressions: Mortal
I’m a salesman—spend half my life driving from one pitch to the next. It gives me time to think. That night I was driving through the...
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Sheri McGuinn
Oct 11, 20183 min read
Impressions: Charlie’s Demise
“I can’t believe Charlie’s dead,” she wailed. Joe put the phone down next to the refrigerator. The sobs continued over the speaker as he...
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Sheri McGuinn
Oct 4, 20182 min read
Impressions: Benny’s Last Dollar
Benny swallowed the end of his drink and looked at his last chip, a dollar. It was all set up to favor the house. Benny knew that. He’d...
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Sheri McGuinn
Sep 27, 20184 min read
Impressions: The Novice Traveler
Carolyn lumbered through the airport, a backpack slung over her left shoulder, her right arm stretched by the weight of her carry-on. Big...
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Sheri McGuinn
Sep 20, 20182 min read
So how’d you like it?
I put The Incident up over the summer because I was going to be on the road while my home was for sale. 8400 miles later, I’m home again,...
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Sheri McGuinn
Sep 13, 20182 min read
The Incident – Chapter 13
When I get back to the campfire, Mom’s just poured water on the coals and ash. Hot ash flying into dry needles can start a forest fires...
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