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July 2024
Feature: Fiction Just Five Minutes. Five Minutes. (David M. Simon) Fiction
Missed Opportunity (Renee Gendron) Fiction
An Education Begins (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Another Chance (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
June 2024
Feature: In the Attic (David M. Simon) Fiction
Intercepted (Renee Gendron) Fiction
Overheard (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Me Savoring a Thirty-Year-Old (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
May 2024
Feature: The Marriage Contract (Renée Gendron) Fiction
A Letter Discovered (David M. Simon)
Carved in Stone (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
The Letter (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
An Unknown Girl Sitting on My Steps (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
April 2024
Feature: Dancing About Architecture (David M. Simon) Fiction
Dance, Baby, Dance (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Excerpt from Jaded Hearts (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Paths Untrodden (Sorley’s Song for Cillian)(Marian L Thorpe) Song and Lyrics
A Wedding Dance (Joseph P. Garland) Song Lyrics
March 2024
Feature: Through Windows Left Open (Heather Wickers) Poetry
Cold (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Deadly Dance (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Paradise (David M. Simon) Fiction
A Window to the World (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Finding Love and Acceptance (Joseph P. Garland) Song Lyrics
February 2024
Feature: Ships (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Waiting on the Sunset (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Life Ain’t Easy for a Vampire (David M. Simon) Fiction
Sunrise, Sunset (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
sunrise (Heather Wickers) Poetry
A Visit to the Island (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
January 2024
Feature:The Onion Tart (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
A Sugary Kiss (Renee Gendron) Fiction
A Taste for Music (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
A Dish Most Rare (David M. Simon) Fiction
Risotto (Heather Serrano) Fiction
Another Mistake? (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
December 2023
Feature: A Gift of Stars (Renee Gendron) Fiction
Sweet Home Ornithulia (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
The Prodigal (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Home From The Stars (David M. Simon) Fiction
A Reunion Eons in the Making (J Dalton) Fiction
William Nelson’s Last Chance (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
November 2023
Feature: A Memory to Hold (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Innocence (Heather Wickers)Poetry
The Volunteer’s Suspicion (Renee Gendron) Fiction
Innocence (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Hit the Town (David M. Simon) Lyrics
Just A Little Rash (Renee Gendron) Fiction
An Interesting Development About My Mother (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
October 2023
Feature: Separation (Heather Wickers)Poetry
The Testimony of Doctor Claire Haskell (David M. Simon) Fiction
The Arrow of Exile (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Bareep (Louise Sorensen) Non-Fiction
Trial Separation (Renee Gendron) Fiction
A Forced Parting (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
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September 2023
Feature: The Patch of Grass (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Decision (Renee Gendron) Fiction
Ecstasy (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
I’d Rather Go Crazy (Than Not Go Anywhere At All) (David M. Simon) Lyrics
August 2023
Feature: The 2019 New York City Marathon (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
Dreams of Only You (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Rivalry (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Nemesis and Narcissus (David M. Simon) Fiction
Blown Away (Renee Gendron) Fiction
Monologue (Heather Wickers)Poetry
July 2023
Feature: Don’t Tell Me the Moon is Shining (Louise Sorensen) Non-Fiction
Stone Outlasts All (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
How Can Characters Make History? (Renee Gendron) Non-Fiction
Making History (J Dalton) Fiction
11 Days, 25 Minutes (David M. Simon) Fiction
A Nurse (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
Keepsake (Heather Wickers)Poetry
June 2023
Feature: Farewell (Louise Sorensen) Non-fiction
Dreams (Renee Gendron) Fiction
A Change in the Stars (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Follow (David M. Simon) Song Lyrics
Dratle Danger (J Dalton) Fiction
Running Away (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
run away (Heather Wickers) Poetry
May 2023
Feature: Today/Regret (Crystal L. Kirkham) Poetry
Shards on the Tongue (Renee Gendron) Fiction
Rose Grey (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Show a Path for Me (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Bagged (David M. Simon) Fiction
Captor (Lain McIntyre) Fiction
A Repair Gone Wrong (J Dalton) Fiction
Mr. Darcy’s Regret (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
April 2023
Feature: Expectations (Marian L Thorpe)) Fiction
Extra Load (Renee Gendron) Fiction
The Moon Lies Fair (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
We Shall Be Giants (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
Heaven (Better Be Something Special) (David M. Simon) Song Lyrics
Catherine and the Colonel (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
morning (Heather Wickers)) Poetry
March 2023
Feature: Anticipation (Heather Wickers)) Poetry
Home (Renee Gendron) Fiction
Ponderation (Louise Sorensen) Non-Fiction
First Light (Nicole Wells) Fiction
Delphine’s Pillow (David M. Simon) Fiction
History Lessons (Marian Thorpe) Fiction
Last Night (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
January 2023
Feature: The Ex (Renée Gendron) Fiction
I’ll be Honest with you, Sprite (Nicole Wells) Fiction
Journal Entry (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Unwanted Things (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
The Coyote and The Hitchhiker (David M. Simon) Fiction
Agamemnon’s Mask (Markus Faraday) Fiction
A Summer Afternoon in Piccadilly, 1872 (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
2022 Issues
December 2022
Feature: Blizzard on the Palisades (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
Survival (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Ahab and Bessie (David M. Simon) Fiction
Frozen Hearts (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Wrong Turn (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Writer’s Block in the Seasons (Nicole Wells) Non-Fiction
December Team Showcase
November 2022
Feature: Guard Your Heart (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Do No Harm (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Out (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Jacob (Nicole Wells) Fiction
A Tenth Anniversary (Joseph P. Garland) A One Act Play
Lover in Disguise (David M. Simon) Song Lyrics
November Team Showcase
October 2022
Feature: Shadow and Gloom (David M. Simon) (a new contributor) Fiction
The 13th Floor (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
Play A Song for Me (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Dance, Baby, Dance (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Amanda: The Madness of Guilt (Excerpt) (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
The Worse Story Ever Written (Excerpt) (Nicole Wells) Fiction
Justified (Renée Gendron) Fiction
October Team Showcase
September 2022
Feature: Overtime (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Chronology (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Raindrops on the Window (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Delayed Departure (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
Once Upon a Time (Louise Sorenson) Fiction
Post-Burnout Recovery: It’s About More than Time (Crystal L. Kirkham Non-Fiction
Writing Your Book Baby (Nicole Wells) Non-Fiction
September Team Showcase
August 2022
Feature: Destroyer of Words (Nicole Wells) (A New Contributor) Fiction
One In A Million (SA MacDonald) (A New Contributor) Fiction
Raindrops on the Window (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Somewhere Else (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
Beyond the Wall (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
August Team Showcase
July 2022
Feature: Wherefore Art Thou, Juliette? (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
One Hundred Rungs (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
Heated Conversation (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Before the Rain (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
It’s Always A Mistake (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
July Team Showcase
June 2022
Feature: King and Country (Marian L Thorpe) Fiction
Evelyn on the Sand (Joseph P. Garland) Fiction
Grains of Salvation (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
Whirlwind Romance (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Bibliophiles at the Beach (A.P. Miller)
BBBeaches (Louise Sorensen)
Some Drabbles (Crystal L. Kirkham)
June Team Showcase
May 2022
Feature: Zombies Local #125 (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
A Gold Watch (A.P. Miller) Fiction
Saul’s Deserts (D. W. Hitz) Fiction
First Sight (Renée Gendron) Fiction
May Team Showcase
April 2022
Feature: I’m Gonna Change You Like a Remix, Then I’ll Raise You Like a Phoenix (or Burning Your Work Down to Build it Up) (A.P. Miller) Essay
No WIP Left Behind: Bringing Life into Your Old, Trunked Stories (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
Finding Joy (D. W. Hitz) Fiction
Rekindled Flames (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Phoenix (Louise Sorensen) Essay
Do you want a long term career as a writer? (Melissa Yuan-Innes) Essay
March Team Showcase
February 2022
Feature: First Valentine (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Indulgence is the New Moist (A.P. Miller) Poem
To Indulge Myself (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
February Team Showcase
2021 Issues
December 2021
Feature: Homecoming (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
A Leap in the Dark (Renée Gendron) Fiction
The Colony of the Christmas Cake (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
All I Learned About Black Sheep (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
T’Was the Night Before A Totally Uncopyrighted Holiday (A.P. Miller) Poem
December Team Showcase
November 2021
Feature: Timing is Everything (A.P. Miller) Essay
Hot Tip for Powerful Dialogue (Aedyn Brooks) Fiction
Witty Dialogue (Renée Gendron) Fiction
The Talking in Your Toolbox (Melissa Yuan-Innes) Fiction
November Team Showcase
October 2021
Feature: Fine Dining (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
The Last Sandwich (Louise Sorensen) Fiction
Wolf Ice (Melissa Yuan-Innes) Fiction
Signs You Might Be Possessed (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
Spectre Investigations (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
Binding the Spectre (Aedyn Brooks) Fiction
October Team Showcase
August 2021
Feature: Romancing the Bread (Crystal L. Kirkham) Essay
Miller’s Bachelor Bistro (A.P. Miller) Review
Fairy Tales are for White People (Melissa Yuan-Innes) Essay
Tastes like Home (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
Sweet Revenge Excerpt (Aedyn Brooks) Fiction
August Team Showcase
July 2021
Feature: Oral Traditions: The Great Equalizer (A.P. Miller) Essay
What Makes a Great Story? (Aedyn Brooks) Writing advice
Immersing your reader in your story (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
Story Atoms (Melissa Yuan-Innes) Fiction
Value of Stories (Louise Sorensen) Essay
Lost (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
July Team Showcase
June 2021
Feature: Boom! (Melissa Yuan-Innes) Writing Advice
Camp Coyote (A.P. Miller) Fiction
Rescue a Runaway Plot (Crystal L. Kirkham) Writing Advice
What you should plot before writing the first word (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
Confessions of Plot Envy (A.P. Miller) Fiction
Plots (Louise Sorensen) Writing Advice
Silent Supper (Aedyn Brooks) Fiction
The Long Wait (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Mrs. Marigold’s House (Melissa Yuan-Innes) Fiction
Backstory Management (Aedyn Brooks) Writing Advice
April 2021
Feature: Beginnings and Endings (Louise Sorensen) Writing Advice
We End at the Beginning and Begin at the End (Crystal L. Kirkham) Writing Advice
The End of All Things to Begin (A.P. Miller) Writing Advice
Solid Beginnings (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
Author Interview: Maya Svevak Author Interview
Withered Love (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
Team Showcase from AMBR Contributors (April 2021)
February 2021
Feature: Dressing the Stage (Guest: B.K. Bass) Writing Advice
WRETCHED (Truncated excerpt) by Cara Crescent (Aedyn Brooks) Fiction
Not Quite the Real World (E.G. Deaile) Writing Advice
If You Build It, They Will ______ (Melissa Yuan-Innes) Essay
The Big, Wide World of the North-Eastern Micro Town (A.P. Miller) Essay
How World Building Can Deepen Point of View (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
Recent Videos from AMBR Contributors (February 2021)
Team Showcase from AMBR Contributors (February 2021)
Flash Fiction Contest from AMBR Contributors (Contest Announcement)
January 2021
Feature: Finding the Magic (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Magic (Louise Sorensen) Essay
Intents and Purposes (A.P. Miller) Fiction
Delightfully Mundane Magic (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
Space and Time Books (Melissa “Yi” Yuan-Innes) Fiction
New Year, New Vision (Aedyn Brooks) Essay
Gil’s Miracle (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
Recent Videos from AMBR Contributors (January 2021)
Team Showcase from AMBR Contributors (January 2021)
Flash Fiction Contest from AMBR Contributors (Contest Announcement)
2020 Issues
December 2020
Feature: How to Kill a Character (Guest: Sarah (Sally) Hamer) Writing Advice
Devil’s Due (Excerpt) (Aedyn Brooks) Fiction
How to Get Away Without Murder (Melissa “Yi” Yuan-Innes) Essay
The Tale of Ollie Blackwood (Norm Boyington) Fiction
A Word About Jonah (A.P. Miller) Fiction
Slow Burn (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Interview: K.F. Jones Author Interview
Interview: Louise Sorensen Author Interview
Recent Videos from AMBR Contributors (December 2020)
Team Showcase from AMBR Contributors (December 2020)
Flash Fiction Contest from AMBR Contributors (Contest Announcement)
November 2020
Feature: Change & Growth (A.P. Miller) Essay
Contest Winner: Beloved (M.B. Davis) Fiction
Growing Word by Word (Crystal L. Kirkham) Essay
Risk is Necessary for Growth (Renée Gendron) Essay
A Great and Sudden Change (Melissa “Yi” Yuan-Innes) Essay
Curing Perfectionitis by Publishing (Aedyn Brooks) Essay
Change and Growth for Writers (Louise Sorensen) Essay
So Here I Am (Norm Boyington) Essay
Recent Videos from AMBR Contributors (November 2020)
Team Showcase from AMBR Contributors (November 2020)
Flash Fiction Contest from AMBR Contributors (Contest Announcement)
October 2020
Feature: Portals (Aedyn Brooks) Essay
Contest Winner: Live to Work, Work to Live (Chris Ritchey) Fiction
The Meaning of Forever (Crystal L. Kirkham) Fiction
Not Without Our Names (A.P. Miller) Fiction
Supernatural (Louise Sorensen) Essay
The Spirit’s Staircase (Norm Boyington) Fiction
A Walk in the Garden (Renée Gendron) Fiction
A Lesson (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
Team Showcase from AMBR Contributors (October 2020)
Flash Fiction Contest from AMBR Contributors (Contest Announcement)
September 2020
Feature: An Example of a Combat Scene (Norm Boyington) Writing Advice
The Trouble With Guns (Guest: Brady Longmore) Writing Advice
The Maniac (A.P. Miller) Fiction
To Fight, or not to Fight (Louise Sorensen) Writing Advice
The Villains Lair (Aedyn Brooks) Writing Advice
Pace Yourself (Crystal L. Kirkham) Writing Advice
Gory Details (E.G. Deaile) Writing Advice
Writing Action Scenes (Guest: K.M. Butler) Writing Advice
The Captain and the Traitor (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Team Showcase from AMBR Contributors (September 2020)
Flash Fiction Contest from AMBR Contributors (Contest Announcement)
August 2020
Feature: Technology and I (Renée Gendron) Essay
Food (Crystal L. Kirkham) Essay
A Room For The Night (D.W. Hitz) Fictionalized Experience
The Finale (A.P. Miller) Essay
What Writing Means to Me (Louise Sorensen) Essay
Inspiration (Norm Boyington) Essay
Haunted (Aedyn Brooks) Essay
Team Showcase from AMBR Contributors (Augsut 2020)
July 2020
Feature: Chasing a Dream (Alexandra Gardner) Poem
In the Night (D.W. Hitz) Poem
Spiral (Renée Gendron) Poem
Super(nova) (Guest: A.P. Miller) Poem
The Renaissance of Poetry (Guests: Jasmine Arch & Koji A. Dae) Conversation
Fun Haiku (Guest: Louise Sorenson) Poem
The Pusher (Guest: Norman Boyington) Poem
illgotten (E.G. Deaile) Poem
June 2020
Feature: Dear America (Guest Charter Member: Melanie Reeds) Essay
An Apple (D.W. Hitz) Flash Fiction
Date Night & Fake Out (Crystal L. Kirkham) Flash Fiction
The Set-Up (Renée Gendron) Flash Fiction
On Flash Fiction (Guest: KJ Cartmell) Essay
Three Little Pinwheels & A Date with Grace (Guest: Jodi Jensen) Flash Fiction
The Time Before (Guest: Dan Fitzgerald) Flash Fiction
Below the Bombs (E.G. Deaile) Flash Fiction
May 2020
Feature: One Man’s Grit is Another’s Inspiration (Guest: J.P. Walters) Essay
Flight of Fancy (E.G. Deaile) Fiction
Inspiration: A Musing (Guest: A.P. Miller) Essay
Inspiration is Dedication in Disguise (Guest: Aedyn Brooks) Writing Advice
From Idea to Inspiration to Magic (Crystal L. Kirkham) Essay
Let It Rain (Renée Gendron) Fiction
The Fairy Hunter (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
April 2020
Feature: Han of the Dead (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
Gone Goblin (Jessa Kaina) Poetry
Every Tale I’m Drabbling (Crystal Kirkham) Drabbles
Fairytales as Writing Prompts (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
Dirt Boy (Alexandra Gardner) Short Story
March 2020
Feature: The One True Path (E.G. Deaile) Survey Results
My Author (Jessa Kaina) Literary Introspection
Why You Shouldn’t Ask Me (Packy Smith) Essay
A Bit of Madness (Alexandra Gardner) Alex’s Process
What you Know (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
Finding Your Writing Process (Crystal Kirkham) Writing Advice
A Short History of the Writing Process (Paul Grealish) Satire
Taking a Longer View (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
February 2020
Feature: B.A.D. Guide to Romance (Paul Grealish) Satire
THE BENCH Part 2 (Jess K Hardy) Fiction
Timea and Makar Part 1 (Renée Gendron) Fiction
Remember the Day (Packy Smith) Poetry
Not Your Mama’s Romance (Crystal Kirkham) Opinion
Dinner For Two (Alexandra Gardner) Novel Excerpt
COLD HUNGER (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
2019 Issues
A Muse Bouche Review: Holiday 2019
Resources for Horror Writers (Kelly Kristensen) Writing Advice
When to Keep to Rules of a Genre and When to Break Them (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
THEY COME (Guest: J. P. Walters) Fiction
On Genre (Paul Grealish) Satire
THE BENCH (Jess K Hardy) Fiction
BOB SAVES CHRISTMAS FOR ALL MANKIND (Packy Smith) Fiction
THE TALE OF FALCON AND SNAKE (Alexandra Gardner) Fiction
Writing Outside the Lines (Crystal Kirkham) Writing Advice
THE DREAM (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
December 2019
Feature: Writing is a Contract with Your Reader (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
The Critic & the Author (Guest: Jessa Kaina) Fiction
So It Goes (D. W. Hitz) Fiction
A Guide to Reading My Work (Paul Grealish) Satire
Can We Talk About: Romance Tropes (Jess K Hardy) Writing Advice
Reading With Your Ears (Packy Smith) Writing Advice
Libraries and Digital Materials (Alexandra Gardner) Public Library Guidance
The Necessary Art of Leaving Reviews (Crystal Kirkham) Reader Advice
A Jar of Mushrooms (E.G. Deaile) Fiction
November 2019
Feature: Launching Feathers & Fae (Crystal Kirkham) Experience
B.A.D. Writing Correspondence (Paul Grealish) Satire
Can We Talk About: Success (Jess K Hardy) Essay
NaNoWriMo 101 (Kelly Kristensen) Advice
One Last Break (D.W. Hitz) Fiction
Adding Tension (Renée Gendron) Writing Advice
Inside Politics: Dictators (Melanie Reed) Writing Advice
I Write There For I Am (Packy Smith) Essay
Self-Publishing & The Library (Alexandra Gardner) Publishing Advice
#Replicated (E.G. Deaile) Essay
