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In a world encouraging innovation Tom Fallon presents literature as it grew from the great art revolution of the early 20th Century with a primer of his experiments and innovations with literary form in Creation Now With Words. Fallon presents his many experiments with literary form as he was affected by the art revolution, modern jazz, experimental classical music, Off-Off Broadway theater in NYC and modern American writers such as Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, Charles Olson, Dick Higgins, Bern Porter and others. With quotations from Paul Cezanne, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and other visual artists of the art revolution Creation Now With Words encourages the freedom of the creative individual to explore and innovate with literary form as their individuality demands. The book ends with references for exploration.¿ForewordCREATION NOW WITH WORDS is a primer for encouraging independent thought and research relative to literary, word, form, based on the creative revolution in the arts which took place during the early 20th Century.Nothing is permanent. HeraclitusThere is no must in art because art is free.Wassily KandinskyThose artists who penetrate to the region of that secret place where primeval power nurtures all evolution. Where the power house of all time and space - call it brain or heart of creation - activates every function; who is the artist who would not dwell there?Paul KleeWhat I write, as I have said before, could only be called poetry because there is no other category in which to put it.Marianne MooreI encourage a writer to create, experiment and invent, to fail and succeed, with literary, word, form, to embrace the freedom which exists in each person's unique created individuality.Yes, there are other serious considerations for a writer such as integrity of language, communication, life truth, which I will not relate here. These must not be forgotten -Tom Fallon

The eighteenth annual Goose River Anthology, 2020 is a fine collection of the best poetry, fiction, and essays submitted to us from all parts of the United States. There are over 80 talented authors represented in this volume. Many are seasoned writers while some are being published for the first time. Don't miss your chance to experience this rare treasure.Deborah J. Benner has been in the publishing industry since 1985 and created Goose River Press in 1999. The first Goose River Anthology was published in 2003. Goose River Press publishes a wide array of genres including but not limited to: poetry, short stories, novels, children's books, cookbooks, workbooks, anthologies, and more.Sampling by Judy Driscoll WinchenbaughRockland, MEMy StoryHere I am, a lonely Boston Rocker in the corner of Coastal Antiques, my home for too many years. I'm dusty, now home to cobwebs and spiders. But once I was grand, so grand; built with love by my master carpenter. Each piece of me cut with care by hand, sanded so carefully (ooh, that felt good) to smooth my bumps. He built me slowly, taking the time to make sure I would last for generations, to bring comfort and reassurance to many.The carpenter's wife rocked with her babe, comforting his tears, my gentle rhythm lulling him to sleep. As he grew and learned to walk and run, we would comfort the bumps and bruises of a toddler. Then I sat in the corner of his room, forgotten except for the stuffed animals he piled in my seat. But when he became a teenager his mother dusted me off and together we waited for him, sometimes past his curfew. The teenager became a man and moved into his own house.The carpenter and his wife grew old while I stayed in the empty bedroom of the boy. When the carpenter got sick, his wife brought me out, put me beside his bed. I tried to comfort her while she held his hand as we rocked. After he was gone, I wanted to wrap my arms around her when her tears fell on my wood that he had so carefully stained all those years ago. His wife and I spent many a lonely night each lost in memories of our carpenter.The boy came back to visit all grown up now; a man, with a wife and a baby. Such joy to see his young family and help his wife comfort their baby. It brought back so many memories of when I was young, before my wood started to creak. When the grown boy and his family went home, my carpenter's wife and I were once again alone. Keeping each other company in the too quiet house.Sometimes our house would fill with laughter when my boy and his family came to visit. His kids climbing all over me, squeezing into my seat together, and rocking me so hard I thought I might break, but listening to their giggles made me feel young again.When they all went back to their house, my carpenter's wife and I went back to our routine. We rocked each evening to the news, her shows. Until one evening the rocking stopped. The boy came back, rocked with me. Both of us remembering his mother's touch. I miss my carpenter's wife.Later the boy took me back to his house. His sons climbed on me, but I was too old, I started to break. One day the boy put me in his truck, brought me to a shop. I saw tears in his eyes when he left me there. The store owner took me to his workshop and gave me new nails, new stain. I've been siting here ever since, dust settling, cobwebs forming. Will I ever get a new family? Shh listen, I hear a little boy,"Momma, look, a rocking chair for my stuffed animals. Please?"Please.

A political Field of Dreams. A moderate US president is struggling to lead amidst the country's dysfunctional polarization when he stumbles upon a centuries-old saloon where he can drink at a nightly party with every former president, living or dead. He relishes this escape and the camaraderie with his new drinking buddies who understand his problems and sympathize with him. When he realizes that that they all want only the best for both him and the country, unlike what he experiences in Washington each day, he starts to wonder if somehow this saloon can have greater value. Can he tap into the collective wisdom of Washington, Jefferson, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, Reagan and all the others to craft a solution to fix the country's broken and divisive political dynamic?

A twist to dog-themed stories can be found in the short story collection "Trick-or-Treat and More Twisted Dog Tales." One story has an apparition, a couple has robots, and another has a murderess. One of the science fiction stories has a murderer in it. Even if dogs aren't your passion, it's an entertaining read.

In The Curious Adventures of Fletch Highfield, author Jacob Tuttle follows a renowned adventurer's expedition to discover the lost bird of the Amazon. The book has the air of an old novel about the famous explorers of the new world while maintaining a fresh and contemporary perspective on what it means to be human, to remain open to new discoveries, and to see the beauty in the world that surrounds us; integrating the rock-climbing culture of our day into a fantastic world of imagination filled with new plants, creatures, society, and language. Tuttle keeps readers on their feet, eagerly waiting to see what adventure Fletch Highfield's heart for the underknown brings him on next. In this story of adventure, we follow Fletch Highfield, renowned explorer and discoverer of lost relics, on his quest to find the lost bird of the Amazon. Fletch sets off to South America aboard the eccentric steamboat St. Isabelle, alongside loyal friend and fellow adventurer Sam Johnson and his sister Abigail, newspaper reporter and accidentally consistent travel companion of Highfield and Co. The impressive ship has an amazing number of things to keep a traveler busy and entertained, but for the trio of this story the goal of discovery was significantly more important. During the voyage Fletch, Sam, and Abigail meet D. L. Martin, the confident and companionable captain of the St. Isabelle. He points Fletch to a potential source of information about the lost bird of the Amazon in the ship's library, which Fletch pores over, gaining integral clues to the bird's origin and potential location. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes that night! Our hero Fletch is tossed overboard returning to his cabin during a storm and is whisked away by the waves. Hope is not lost however, as a very damp Fletch wakes up in a net under a waterfall in a place he's never seen before. In fact, no human had found that particular valley before. A misfortune turned miracle has led Fletch Highfield to a tropical valley full of old magic, new companions, and hopefully the lost bird. The story that unfolds deep in this hidden valley of South America brings the reader into a world of adventure, friendship, connectedness, and beauty, not to mention a wall surrounded by legend waiting to be climbed. As Maxwell Highfield, Fletch's brother warns in the foreword, we also cannot demand the reader to follow Fletch's remarkable adventure. It is incredibly dangerous and we cannot be held liable should you attempt to come along; however, diving into the unique and beautiful world of the lost valley of the Amazon, in search of a bird thought to be extinct, alongside new creatures and characters you won't find anywhere else, might just be worth the risk.

Two young friends, Carly and Savannah, experience the fullness of life by exploring nature on Snow Pond and celebrating friendship by creating a friendship garden. Unfortunately, tragedy occurs when young Savannah is diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer. As the seasons turn, Savannah experiences the winter of her life. Carly attempts to comprehend death and support her dying friend. When Savannah dies, Carly and her mom search for Savannah's spirit and become aware of many signs of her presence. Carly connects with Savannah 's spirit and finds a way to cope with her grief and honor her friend when she discovers a wonderful miracle- a special gift which can be re-seeded each year.

Mr. Smith, the robot's owner, has been separated from his wife and decides to get a helper to do the housework. His son, Charlie, visits on weekends and loves to spend time with Tid-Bits.Tid-Bits can be programmed for various jobs. In this adventure series, he is programmed to work in three areas: housekeeper, restaurant dishwasher, and a phone messenger /recorder at the funeralhome.A lovable robot whose antics get people into hilariously funny situations.

Sally Woolf-Wade, in her newest poetry collection, Wolf Moon Down, gives us memories of travel, far, far away, and ultimate settling at home in coastal Maine.She has profound appreciation for Maine's natural beauty, its maritime history, and its often enigmatic folks. Woolf-Wade skillfully weaves various poeticforms -ghazal, sonnet, haiku, villanelle-among free verse poems to enhance their humor or poignancy. The Wolf Moon lights a seductive path, and issuesa bold invitation that readers are privileged to accept.-Anne Johnson Mullin, author of Surface Tension and Sometimes a SonnetSarah J. Woolf-Wade's Wolf Moon Down poetry collection fulfills the promise of its title. Wolves howling in hunger apply in these poems directly to humansurvival as fellow mammals at the mercy of the cycles of the sea, the ravages of time and accident. Woolf-Wade shows in "Slack Water" that our boat balanceson the lip of time. She does not flinch to remind us how these cycles can heal both the tragedies and yearnings of our mortal natures that reveal deceasedloved ones' faces. These poems want us to remember that we are integral and intimate companions in the living on land which we do not own and the sea,which we share on our planet Earth.-Dona Luongo Stein, author of Leaving Greece, Alice in Deutshland,Heavenly Bodies, Children of the Mafiosi, host of The Poetry Show, KRFC The past lives and shimmers on Sally Woolf-Wade's pages, the way heat bendsvision over summer roads. Astute observer, she wanders lovingly among us in mid-coast Maine, catching moments that are our lives. We're all here, held inher heart's gentle eye, somehow swept, as she says, by the scent of beach roses.-Martin Steingesser, Past Poet Laureate, Portland, MaineThe poetry of Sally Woolf-Wade pulsates with honesty and alertness. The changeable sea that appears often in her work is an apt metaphor for the poemsas they touch upon tranquility and fervor, beauty and grief, solitude and empathy. She is a poet whose praise of the physical world is, at once, patient andcat-quick.-Baron Wormser, Past Poet Laureate, Maine

The sixteenth annual Goose River Anthology, 2018 is a fine collection of the best poetry, fiction, and essays submitted to us from all parts of the United States. There are over 75 talented authors represented in this volume. Many are seasoned writers while some are being published for the first time. Don't miss your chance to experience this rare treasure. Here's what others had to say about previous editions:"Goose River Anthology," every year, is a book of rare and heartwarming poetry and short stories; words on a page that allow readers to witness and sense what over 75 writers try to capture . . .the magic of a diverse and ever-changing world. The journey is the reward. As one of my readers claims: "Communication through the written word is miraculous." A heartfelt thank you to Deborah Benner-an editor who is extremely prompt and lets you smile when she answers. What a ride to publication, I am now published for the fifth year (2014-2018). Thank You Goose River Press!-Trudy Wells-Meyertrudy.wells@cox.netLooking forward to reading the multitudes of diverse stories in each "Goose River Anthology" is a pleasant annual anticipation. The poems and stories elicit a full range of emotions as one reads onward. Perfect for beach reading, a gift for those who have "everything," or stocking stuffing at Christmas, these little books keep me coming back year after year to enjoy the rich stories authors share from all over the USA.-T. Blen Parkerswangomaine@gmail.com