The Preservation
Foundation, Inc.
WRITER'S SHOWCASE
FICTION
-
2018 Stories
- October
- Kathryn Lynch
Pickle Girl
- Kathryn Lynch
Second Job
- Kathryn Lynch
The Resurrection of Palley
- September
- David Njuguna
Maya
- Razel Suansing
Ianfu
- Shaun George Thomas
If You Cut A Tree, Plant Two Trees
- August
- Ann Wanjiku
Psalm 51
- Zhanara Kushueva
John's Journey
- Kemuel Emmanuel
Dorothy's Resolve
- Chika Obi
Dark Night
- Trecy Lovie
My Little Brown Animal
- Duah Francis
The Bees
- Eman Khalid
Just A Dream
- Onatola Abiodun
Mansion Atop Your Heads
- Khulekani Ndlovu
The Waiter
- Virginia Strickland
Tongues
- R. G. Kaimal
The Silver Lining
- Laura Labno
A Ladybird
- Melisa Lewis
Oh No Dino
- Melisa Lewis
The Darling Little Girl
- July
- Karima Ait Oufela
The Tree House
- June
- Swetha Arun
How Blue is my Sapphire?
- Mausumi Phukan Baruah
Retreat
- Sachin Verma
The Story of a British Lady
- May
- Vishal Sudarshanwar
A Cigarette Shop
- Kathryn Lynch
We Don't Allow No Dopers
- Kathryn Lynch
Prisoners
- Mason Sickle
The Story of Crazy Antler
- Kathryn Lynch
Stupid Old Lady
- Kathryn Lynch
The Ice Cream Truck
- Kathryn Lynch
Cheese Box Killer
- Kathryn Lynch
Rest in Pieces
- Kathryn Lynch
PTSD
- Kathryn Lynch
Raccoon Poop
- Kathryn Lynch
Frankenstein Monsters
- Kathryn Lynch
Losses
- Kathryn Lynch
The Man in the Old Blue Truck
- Kathryn Lynch
Screams in the Night
- Kathryn Lynch
D. B.
- Kathryn Lynch
Captain Kirk
- Kathryn Lynch
Best "Que" in Town
- Kathryn Lynch
The Woman in the Computer
- Kathryn Lynch
Lost and Found
- Kathryn Lynch
Robert Toggenburg
- Kathryn Lynch
Sweet Jesus
- April
- Kathryn Lynch
Bish
- Kathryn Lynch
Geezer
- Kathryn Lynch
Evan
- Kathryn Lynch
Bad to the Bone
- Kathryn Lynch
Porch Cat
- Kathryn Lynch
Beach Bum
- Fractoluminescence
Your Own Statement.
- Anne Organista
Of Books and Fighter Planes
- Viswanath Rao
Cash For Gas
- Priya Florence Shah
Ganymede: The Red Moon
- March
- Anne Organista
Table For Two
- Christopher Mathai
No One Ever Left Behind
- Sreya Sarkar
The Heir
- February
- Chessica Luckett
It's You
- Cattibrie Chapin
Brave Knight
- January
- Jamal Benbrahmi
East of Athenes
- Shirin Mulla
The Trustworthy
- Odelia Chan
Old Gray
- 2017 Stories
- December
- Emily Hart
Elephant man
- Hamza Balol
The Sinking Ship
- November
- Beth Doherty
The Silver Moon
- October
- Dale Fehinger
Smaller Dreams
- August
- Eileen Sateriale
Independence Day
- Rober Flournoy
Fourth of July: An American Tale
- July
- Mausumi Phukan Baruah
Illusion
- June
- Emily Hart
Doing It By The Book
- Marion Parks
The Lesson
- March
- Mausumi Phukan Baruah
Charity
- Emily Hart
What Can You Lasso With A Frayed Rope?
- Mausumi Phukan Baruah
The Mirror
- January
- Aaron Davis
Little Johnny Beaman
-
2016 Stories
- September
- Emily Hart
Elephant man
- Emily Hart
Gallows Flower
- August
- Marion Parks
Kaleidoscope
- Yashi Singh
Yellow: The Leaf Withers Away
- July
- David Winnie
Angkor and Sophia
- May
- Emily Hart
The Scent of Roses
- Nicole Van Zyl
The Rarest Flower – Part Five
- Nicole Van Zyl
The Rarest Flower – Part Four
- April
- Nicole Van Zyl
The Rarest Flower – Part Three
- R. D. Flavin
An Afternoon With Tycho's Toys
- Tom Bush
Bad Luck For Johnny
- March
- Tom Bush
The Gift
- Nicole Van Zyl
The Rarest Flower – Part One
- Nicole Van Zyl
The Rarest Flower – Part Two
- R. D. Flavin
The Alphabetologist
- R. D. Flavin
A Good-bye For Soldier
- Nick Gerrard
The Powder-Puff's Journey
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2015 Stories
- December
- Nicole Van Zyl
A Christmas Miracle
- Andrew Kuzyk
A Christmas Miracle
- October
- Ryan Hart Soliwoda
There She Stood
- Ellie S. Thomas
A Manual for Surviving Life
- Emily Hart
Naiads
- September
- Nicole Van Zyl
There's Always Tomorrow
- Nicole Van Zyl
Valley of the Moon
- August
- Karen Treanor
Green Cheese
- Mausumi Phukan Baruah
Suprise
- June
- Donal Buchanan
Three Mysteries
- Donal Buchanan
Death on the Move
- Karen Treanor
Poor Emily
- May
- Donal Buchanan
Digging, 2020
- Donal Buchanan
Three Short Stories
- Donal Buchanan
Space To Play In
- Donal Buchanan
Bugged About Barsoom
- Donal Buchanan
Dig You Later
- Donal Buchanan
Poor Superman
- Donal Buchanan
The Walking Shadow
- April
- Sheila Bunting
Three Short Stories
- Sheila Bunting
A Thanksgiving to Remember
- March
- Ellie S. Thomas
Binkie Saves The Day
- February
- Vasili Samsonia
Falling into Dust
- Jerry Vilhotti
Miles From Home
-
2014 Stories
- November
- Anusha Nichiappan
Toffee-Coated Dreams
- June
- Jerry Vilhotti
The Bastard Devil Made Me Do It
- May
- Rachel M. Barker
Cedar Walls
- Rachel M. Barker
The Shower
- March
- James Sclater
Barney's Nose For Trouble
- February
- Jordan Elizabeth Mierek
Amulet of Nekhbet
2013 Stories
- November
- Iris Stewart
Pay Forward
- Iris Stewart
Broken China
- October
- Geary Smith
The Persnickety Prize
- June
- Kristina Benoit
Teenage Assassins :Prophecy and The Disappearance
- May
- Kristina Benoit
Hide - Part Two
- Kristina Benoit
Hide - Part One
- January
- Kristina Benoit
Run
2012 Stories
- December
- Eliza Mae Alcaraz
Zerbin
- November
- Janice M.
Crumpton
An Adventure With Susie
- October
- June Huwa Whiting
The Cooing of a Dove
- September
- David Norman
Welcome to the Machine
- Kristina Benoit
Teenage Assassins
- July
- Zach Lindsey
Julieta Loses Moiseyev
- Kristina Benoit
Midnight Rose
- May
- Kristina Benoit
Daughter of Spies
- March
- Mausumi Phukan Baruah
Diary of a Bachelor
- January
- Flynn Meyers
Star Gazers
- December
- Ellie S. Thomas
Going For Leeks
- November
- Kristina Benoit
The Life of Emma Jones
- October
- Jack Dunne
I'll Tell Her Tomorrow
2011 Stories
- July
- Debbie Russell
Letting Go
- June
- April
- Ellie S. Thomas
Smoky Strikes Again
- James Sclater
Miss Irene
- James Sclater
Flyboy
- Debbie Russell
Tattered and Torn
- Ellie S. Thomas
Smoky Here, Smoky There
- James Sclater
Family Planning
- Jaclyn Jaeger
Every Player's Dream
- March
- Ciro T. De Rosa
The Good Samaritan
- Judith Nakken
Twilight Cactus
- February
- Ellie S. Thomas
Life on the Mountain
- Jerry Vilhotti
Bone Crusher
- Ellie S. Thomas
On A Rainy Day
- Ellie S. Thomas
The 50 Cent Horse
- January
- Darrel (River) Bird
The Year of Our Discontent
- 2010 Stories
- December
- L. H. Rhodes
Incident In Kansas
- John Sheirer
Faking It
- October
- Darrel (River) Bird
The Year of Our Discontent
- August
- Larissa Schippers
Rane
- July
- June
- April
- Jerry Vilhotti
Suns Over Canada
- March
- Peter Newarski
The Anniversary Gift
- Harry David Legg
The Chlowlow Journey
- February
- Lindsey Polski
Sadie's Story
- January
- Jasmine
Marie
A Primitive Encounter
2009 Stories
- November
- Jerry Vilhotti
Another Place and Time
- October
- Wrulf Gunkl
VonGlashaus-Steinberger
Occupying
- July
- Jennifer Marchessault
Creativity Without Talent
- Flynn Meyers
Exit Thirteen
- June
- Piper Davenport
An Obligation in Kalamazoo
- Piper Davenport
Night Time Babies
- Adrien Stricklin
Wampus Cat
- Seth Chambers
Pink
- Judith Nakken
Jill's Humans
- May
- Shivaji K. Moitra
The Wrath of Progress
- April
- Jordan Mierek
Truck of Jim
- March
- Ryan Bertrand
The Helmet
- January
- Patrick Hewitt
Holy Desire
- Autumn Thompson
The Unexpected Guest
-
2008 Stories
- December
- Judith Nakken
Tomorrow, Santa Will Come
- Julia Wesson
A Story for the Kids
- Flynn Meyers
Time Frame
- Shivaji K. Moitra
The Happiest Diwali
- Shivaji K. Moitra
The End of a Passion
- Jerry Vilhotti
Burywater Fair
- November
- Piper Davenport
An Average Woman's Story
- September
- Jacki Erickson
Strange Religion
- June
- Mystic Goddess
The Proposal
- April
- Jerry Vilhotti
Paper Moons
- January
- Dragoness
A Dragon's Tail-Her Story
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2007 Stories
- October
- Margaret G. Rutaquio
Balic-Balic
- September
- Jerry Vilhotti
Firing Guardian Angels
- June
- May
- James K. South
The Cynic
- Seth Chambers
The Physics of Love
- April
- Fran Dameron
Bunny Ville
- Seth Chambers
Crime of the Century
- Jerry Vilhotti
East Bronx Kids
-
2006 Stories
- January
- Lynford Turner
Why Does A Chicken Cross The Road?
- Ilaria Dal Brun
Rosa's Smile
- November
- Troy Carlyle
2007
- September
- James Bassett
Quiet Memory of Wonder
- August
- Ciro T. De Rosa
Carlo Simone: An Unlikely Hero
- June
- Elizabeth
Pettyjohn
The Window of the Past
- April
- P. S. Gifford
Lady Edith Winslow's Demise
- March
- Deborah Pass
Betty
- February
- Jerry Vilhotti
Big Eye Over A Small Table
- P. S. Gifford
The Cucumber Man
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2005 Stories
- December
- J. Alan Burdick
The Tree of Life
- November
- Robert P. Herbst
Fried Chicken Gizzards
- J. Alan Burdick
James Takes A Trip
- Robert P. Herbst
Return of the Wooly Mammoth
- August
- P. S. Gifford
A Love Rekindled
- Ansley McAllister
No Way Out
- Seth Chambers
Messages
- July
- P. S. Gifford
A Second Chance
- Destiny Stock
Island of Terror
- April
- Brittney
Thrasher
The Mystery of Adeem Alpha and the Half-Winged Goddess of Light
- Bryan Handley
Eyes
- P. S. Gifford
Zed's Adventure
- Dante A. Cinelli
A Hush In The Willows
- Seth Chambers
Loaner Brain
- March
- Pearl Watley Mitchell
Miss Julia and the Music Boxes
-
2004 Stories
- January
- Pearl Watley
Mitchell
Kaci Lee
- Pearl Watley
Mitchell
Can You Spare a Dime
- Pearl Watley
Mitchell
Visitor or Resident?
- December
- Greg Dollarhide
Lucidity
- Lois Armstrong
The Priest
- Lois Armstrong
Footsteps
- November
- Marcella
O'Malley
Along For The Ride
- Dina Bern
Paternal Love In A Dictatorship
- Dale E. Sperling
Diary Of A Mad Man (Exerpt)
- October
- Dina Bern
Melchor's Bounty
- Dina Bern
The Interview
- Lois Armstorng
Night Hunter
- Isra Yousif
Something Special On Thanksgiving Day
- Lois Armstorng
Ghost Dog
- Dina Bern
Noble Gringo, Dead Gringo
- Jesse Mattson
A Silent Revelation
- Lois Armstrong
Watcher Of The Night
- Richard K. Walker
A Guardian Angel And The Bucket
- Michael Gross
Greg Hinge
- Dina Bern
Family Secret
- Dina Bern
We Have To Sacrifice The Women
- Seth Chambers
Morning And Night
- Susan Bowmer
You Just Never Know
- Adiel Cohen
My First Bathroom Experience
- Karen Treanor
A Day At The Beach
- La-Trice Thompson
Check Please
- Carrie Wilson
The Lost Book Of Odysseus
- K. S. Anthony
First Fall
- Susan Rippe
White Lace Curtains
- Ira Zettler
Blank Walls And High Ceilings
- Ira Zettler
The Lament Of The Land
- Gregory Jackson
Time For A Killing
- Gregory Jackson
Trip2NewJersey
- Gregory Jackson
Pay Up
- Richard K. Walker
The Seance
- Seth Chambers
Symbiosis
- Seth Chambers
The Little Brain That Could
- Seth Chambers
The Pub Where Death Hangs Out
- K. S. Anthony
Room 217
- Jason Bickerstaff
Enter The Reaper
-
2003 Stories
- Seth Chambers
Three Twisted Little Love Stories
- Seth Chambers
Satan Versus The Surgeon General
- Gary Benton
The Learning of Nature
- Sheila and Dennis Preisler
The English CafF
- Sheila Preisler and Seth Chambers
A Rose By Any Other Name
- Seth Chambers
The Ringing Phone
- Gary Benton
A Date To Remember
- Michael Levy
The Silent Night
- Seth Chambers
Look What The Cat Dragged In
- Sheila Preisler and Seth Chambers
Dancing On The Edge Of Hell
- Sheila Preisler and Seth Chambers
Dancing On The Edge Of Hell: Part 2
- Sheila Preisler and Seth Chambers
Dancing On The Edge Of Hell: Part 3
- Nicholas Koite
Customer Care, Customer Care Not
- Ciro T. De Rosa
A Matter of Style
- Ciro T. De Rosa
Niagara Nights
- Ciro T. De Rosa
My First Love
- Richard K. Walker
Mad Murgatroyd
- Richard K. Walker
Old Heaney The Barber
- Richard K. Walker
The Evening Class
- Richard L. Provencher
When Fathers Cry
- Richard L. Provencher
The Sunshine Boy
- Rin Stetekee
Hen-ery's Heist
-
2002 Stories
- Judith Nakken
Love Song With Hummingbirds
- Juned Ahsan
Life Costs A Penny Here
- Richard L. Provencher and Janice "White Feather"
Sack
Birch Bark Plate
- Kelly Healy
At Least He Doesn't Hit Me
- Pam Potter
Pingya And Sammy--A Secret Love
- Alex Shapiro
Mending Bad Blood
- Teresa P. Thompson
The Get Away
- Darrin Blanchette
A Short Travel Story
- Pete O'Rourke
Diary October, 29--January 16
- Alex Shapiro
Second Chances
- Judith Nakken
Tyra's Treatment
- Judith Nakken
Early Retirement
- Judith Nakken
Smoke And Fire
- Alex Shapiro
The Ghost Seeker
- Lilia P. Westmore
Shadows In The Snow
- Tyrone King
A Time To Remember
- Shivaji K. Moitra
God's Will
- Shivaji K. Moitra
Sabar's Ambition
- Geary Smith
A New World
- Carol Stober
The Storm
- Carol Stober
Estelle's Christmas
-
2001 Stories
- Rhode Flores Ward
The Shadows Of The Night
- John Gomperz
The Cruel Mountain
- Ross and Fox
The Curse Of The Bloodmoon's Child
- Charles Stanley
Big Princess Fairy Tale
Vow Jan
- John Ling
Cat And Mouse
- Jennifer Kwiatkowski
You Remind Me Of Angels And Mermaids
- Djurica Radmila
The Odyssey Of Change
- Travis Humphreys
Attack Of The Grizzley Rabbit
- Mike Jeavons
Fun House
- Robert P. Herbst
There's A Mouse In Our House
- Robert P. Herbst
Alligator Borsch
- Lad Moore
The Second Birthing Of Young Tim
- Lily Alex
Children's Stories
- Lad Moore
Unraveling The Long Embrace
- Stephanie Dolly
Billy And The Fly
- Brian Flanigan
Blown Away
- Cailean Darkwater
My Friend
- Tracey Maine
The Keeper
- Robert P. Herbst
Rodney The Recluse Rodent
- Robert P. Herbst
The Mount Perry Peanut Tree
- Michael Snyder
The Ghost Of Connemaroo
-
2000 Stories
- 2000 Award Winner
Christina Cimino
The Car Wash (Excerpt)
- 2000 Award Winner
Ali Hurley
Never Take The Easy Way Out
- Ali's Story List
- 2000 Award Winner
Mike West
A Pound Of Fruit
- Mike's Story List
- 2000 Award Winner
Valerie Ryan Gillis
In The Margins
- Jessica Bentch
The Bathroom Murder Mystery
- John E. Wynne
Going South
- John E. Wynne
The Conversation
- Misti Jackson
Blaze
- Tripp Horner
Lights, Camera, Santa
- Michael Venini
Reality Strike
- Cailean Darkwater
Another Day
- Lily Alex
Ann's Adventures
- C. Lee Finkle
Driven
- Lad Moore
The Taking Of A Wooden Nickel
- C. Lee Finkle
Ninth Hour Of Any Sunday Night
- Cailean Darkwater
Changeling
- Danielle Eaton
Daddy Killed Me
- Hilary Flanery
The Christmas Walk
- M. Sandra Babcock
Private Monty
- Cailean Darkwater
#57
- Saskia Maartje Tielens
Starting To Live Again
- Cailean Darkwater
Broken Chains
- Ellie S. Thomas
A New-Fangled Contraption
- Cailean Darkwater
Ariadne
- Matthew Mercier
The Wolf Story
- John E. Wynne
The Day I Saw Elvis
- John E. Wynne
Eldorado's Amazine Epicure
- Edmund A. Wise, Jr.
Monsoon