MACK LITTLE ..................................................... 18

AUGUST 2022

INKDROPS from the publisher ..................... 3

SHORT STORIES: 1 BIRTHDAY CAKE ................................................... 5 by Chere Taylor 2 WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU ........................ 22 by David Sheskin 3 OLD FRIENDS .................................................... 40 by Joe Giordano 4 THE WORRY MONSTERS OF OCEAN CITY .... 52 by Bryan Schwartzman

INTERVIEWS: 1 DAVID PERLMUTTER ...........................................11 When Real Life Supplies the Best Stories 2 MACK LITTLE ..................................................... 18 Diversity, Tenacity & Life Experiences 3 DR. TERESA CODY ............................................. 71 The Miracle of Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP)

WRITING TIPS: ...................................................... 30 • Proper Formatting • What Makes a Good Short Story • 5 Deadly Mistakes that Get Your Story Rejected • It’s All Been Done Before • Words Matter, Don’t They? • A Thousand-Million-Billion Revisions is Never Enough for the Last Typo • Fountain Pens and the Speed of Life • Nails on Chalkboard • Don’t Upset the Editor

COLUMNS & ARTICLES: •TALES FROM THE SCRIPT ................................. 39 •BOOKENDS BOOK REVIEW...................................47 •BOOKS TO READ: Have You Read These? .......45 •BOOK EXCERPT: Daughter of Hades............... 49 •THE LEGACY OF EUGENE O’NEILL: A Travis Bogard Fellowship Explains.............................. 61 •PRODUCTS FOR WRITERS: Things of Use....... 65 •BOOK EXCERPT: Wong Place Wrong Tim....... 66 “Everyone my age had written a novel and I was still having difficulty writing a paragraph. ” ~Ernest Hemingway

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