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Relief Journal Issue 3.1
Two themes rise to the top in this issue: romance (even sexuality) and war. Setting these pieces next to each other makes for interesting artistry and fun with juxtaposition. This issue of Relief features fiction by Nancy Alvarado, J. Brisbin, Michael Dean Clark, Anne Evans, Heather A. Goodman, Susan J. Masters, Jared Yates Sexton, and Michael Snyder. Our poets for this issue are Leslie D. Bohn, Rachel Bunting, Amy Calkins, Renee Emerson,Terri Kirby Erickson, Jennifer Fandel, Chris Haven, David Holper, Jennifer Jean, Lance Le Grys, Andrew James Massena, Masashi Musha, Tania Runyan, Michael Schmeltzer, Karissa Knox Sorrell, Richard Thompson, Kristin Van Tassel, and Bradley William. Last but not least, our Creative Nonfiction for this issue is contributed by Tara Isabella Burton, Jill Noel Kandel, Nancy J. Nordenson, Gretchen Stahlman, Angela Stewart, A. Trevor Sutton, and Richard Wile. This issue raises the intensity level in Christian writing. Be forewarned, this issue is not for the faint of heart or easily offended.
Category:Fan FictionReads:2,498Uploaded:09 / 06 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionCoach's Midnight Diner: The Jesus Vs. Cthulhu Edition
A hardboiled anthology of horror, mystery, and paranormal fiction, Coach's Midnight Diner is the faith-based anthology readers have been waiting for. With full allowance for artistic freedom, Diner authors pull no punches. Entrees of Jesus Vs. Cthulhu Fiction by Chris Mikesell, Kevin Lucia, Neil A. Riebe, and Jens Rushing highlight in the first edition of Coach's Midnight Diner, but there's so much more on the menu. We'll server up horror fiction by Editor's Choice Award winner Robert N. Jennings, J. Mark Bertrand, Melody Graves, Nathan Knapp, and Caroline Misner. Side orders of Crime, Mystery, and Detective Fiction by Charles Browning, Suzan Robertson, R.M. Oliver, S.J. Kessel, Michael Medina, and Mike Dellosso will have you trying to guess who the culprit is until the very end. We'll quench your thirst for Paranormal Fiction with stories from Mike Duran, Robert Garbacz, Matt Mikalatos, and Paul Luikart. And for dessert, Jennifer J. Edwards and Linda Gilmore bring stories from That One That Happens in A Diner. Coach's Midnight Diner will satisfy your appetite for thrills and quench your thirst for something a little deeper than your average fare.
Category:Short StoriesReads:3,886Uploaded:09 / 06 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionCoach's Midnight Diner 2: The Back From the Dead Edition
Coach's Midnight Diner: The Back From the Dead Edition follows up the ground-breaking Jesus Vs. Cthulhu Edition with more Hardboiled Horror, Crime, and Paranormal Fiction from a Christian slant! We have first-time authors like Editor's Choice Award Winner Siobhan Shier, veteran authors like Daniel G. Keohane, best-selling tech author and editor Brett McLaughlin, and Bram Stoker Award-winner Kim Paffenroth, and Jesus Vs. Cthulhu Edition Diner Alumni authors Chris Mikesell, Mike Duran, and Michael Medina. I guarantee you will want to read this edition cover to cover, as the last story in the layout is just as shocking as the first! Enjoy stories by: *Daniel G. Keohane - Editor's Choice Winner *Siobhan Shier - Editor's Choice Award Winner *M.L. Archer - Editor's Choice Award Winner *Chris Mikesell *Greg Mitchell *Maggie Stiefvater *Mike Duran *William Brian Johnson *Tom Barlow *Barry W. Ozeroff *Bob Freeman *Jason Waltz *Marianne Halbert *D.S. Crankshaw *Kim Paffenroth *Virginia Hernandez *Jerry Gordon *Jason Brannon *Anna D. Allen *Michael Medina *Brett McLaughlin This edition's cover art by Adrian Rivero features elements from our three Editor's Choice award-winning works in this edition, and pays homage to our elders, the horror and suspense comic books of the 40's and 50's. The 2nd Diner Kitchen Staff: Coach Culbertson - Head Fry Cook Vennessa Ng - Diner Editor Michelle Pendergrass - Diner Editor Mike Duran - Contributing Editor Melody Graves - Layout Editor Robert Garbacz - Story Editor Matt Mikalatos - Story Editor Kevin Lucia - Reader
Category:Short StoriesReads:2,271Uploaded:09 / 06 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionRelief Journal Issue 2.4
The characters in this issue struggle with identity. The way they view themselves is filtered through past scars, religious mythologies and religious abuses, the roles they've always played or never played, the way they relate to family, their grappling with death and illness, even a driving need for dreadlocks. A bold understanding of grace allows people to step into the next moment as valuable as they were in the last, whether or not they've botched that last moment. In some of these pieces, characters come to understand this, but in just as many, they are held back by the way they see themselves. In this issue: Fiction by Josh Casey, Colby Cuppernull, Rod Dixon, Elizabeth Genovise, Daniel M. Jaffe, and Susan J. Masters. Creative Nonfiction from Jessica Belt, Kenny Ching, Sarah C. Culver, Andrea Cumbo, Jeremy B. Jones, and Gerri Stowman. Poetry by Justin Banta, Mary Marie Dixon, Juditha Dowd, Chuck Failing, Brett Foster, Heather Francis, Rachel Henderson, Joshua D. Hill, Laurie Klein, Katherine Mayerovitch, Janet McCann, Robin Merrill, Rick Mullin, Charles Reynard, Gina M. Tabasso, C.N. Taylor, Jean Tupper, and Sarah Wells.
Category:Short StoriesReads:1,619Uploaded:09 / 06 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionRelief Journal Issue 2.3
The work in this issue contains a constant thread of death, burial, and sometimes resurrection.In some of the work, stages of death and burial are portrayed while resurrection is still but a possibility. In reality, the path to the cross and our subsequent soul work is often wrought with pain and disappointment, doubt and questions. This issue's Fiction from Stacy Barton, Zachary Davis, Shelly Drancik, Melanie Haney, Lyn K. Hawks, and Juned Subhan. Creative Nonfiction from Mike Duran, Ryan Graudin,Deanna Hershiser,Jill Noel Kandel,and Amy Letter. Poetry by Marc Harshman, Justin Ryan Boyer, David Breeden, Lynn Domina, Natasha Lynn Heller, Ed Higgins, Ann Iverson, Eliza Kelley, Gina Marie Mammano V., Amanda McQuade, Darren J. N. Middleton, Jay Rubin, Martha Serpas, Brian Spears, Jennifer G. Stewart, Larry D. Thomas, Don Thompson,and Shanna Powlus Wheeler. Plus, a special sneak peek at the second edition of Coach's Midnight Diner from Maggie Stiefvater!
Category:Short StoriesReads:2,255Uploaded:09 / 06 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionRelief Journal Issue 2.2
Greetings of heartbreak and healing are exchanged by new voices and veteran authors alike in Volume 2 Issue 2 of Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression. Headlining this issue are Kate Strong in Poetry, Cathy James in Fiction, and Elrena Evans in Creative Nonfiction. But it doesn't end there--great fiction from Elinor Benedict, Rubén Degollado, Brad Molder, Jendi Reiter, and Michael Shay packs a serious punch. Margaret Hammitt-McDonald, Karen Miedrich-Luo, Heidi Gabrielle Nobles, and Jessica P. Shelenberger provide brilliant Creative Nonfiction. Poetry from Amanda Auchter, Mary M. Brown, Matthew E. Henry, Mike Jurkovic, Helga Kidder, Carl Leggo, Marsha L. Mentzer, Julie L. Moore, Rick Mullin, Christopher Nye, Steven Ostrowski, Luke C. Schlueter, Michael Schmeltzer, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Joanna Sit, Cayce D. Utley,and Amy Wevodau caps off a fantastic issue. Get some Relief now!
Category:Short StoriesReads:1,459Uploaded:09 / 06 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionRelief Journal Issue 2.1
The second volume of Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression starts off with a symbolic twist in this first issue. Mario Susko, Helen W. Mallon, and Linda MacKillop headline this issue, but that's not all. Powerful fiction by John Keats, David Borofka, Meg Sefton, Joyce Magnin Moccero, Kirsten Eve Beachy, and Jeremy Burgess launch you into a new frame of mind. Creative nonfiction by J. Stephen Rhodes, Jeff E. Brooks-Harris, Allison Smythe, and Ross Kennerly will move you towards thinking deeper. Poetry by Frederick Lord, Maryann Corbett, Jenn Blair, Rick Mullin, Chris Flowers, Katie Manning, Hannah E. Fries, Michael Martin, Sally Rosen Kindred, Brian G. Phipps, Maureen Doyle McQuerry, Barry L. Dunlap, Meredith Stewart, Katherine Nicole Lee, Justin Whitmel Earley, and Hannah Faith Notess will ask you to interact with verse in a new way. Start your literary year off right with some serious Relief!
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