{"id":130,"date":"2019-08-31T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T20:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janetcrum.wordpress.com\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2023-01-14T12:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T19:12:20","slug":"wip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wip\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short Stories, Poems, and Creative Nonfiction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/deathlehem2022_cover_featuredimage.jpg?resize=960%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Part of cover image for Deathlehem 2022 holiday horror anthology showing skeletal monster in Santa suit sticking clawed fingers into Santa's eyes\" class=\"wp-image-7188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/deathlehem2022_cover_featuredimage.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/deathlehem2022_cover_featuredimage.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/deathlehem2022_cover_featuredimage.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/deathlehem2022_cover_featuredimage.jpg?resize=1140%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/deathlehem2022_cover_featuredimage.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Fine Print<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Horror short story. In the year since his daughter died on Christmas morning, Josh Fogarty has barely held himself together. As he weeps at her grave on Christmas Eve, a stranger offers him a sympathetic ear\u2013and a tantalizing deal. Published in <em>&#8216;Twas the Fright Before Christmas in Deathlehem: An Anthology of Holiday Horrors for Charity<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1947227831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Buy from Amazon &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/599px-Guy_West_Bridge_-_Foggy_Day_5299831794-cropped-resized.jpg?resize=960%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Orange bridge like a smaller version of the Golden Gate disappearing into grey fog. Setting for my award-winning mystery short story, &quot;Walk Me Home.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-6923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/599px-Guy_West_Bridge_-_Foggy_Day_5299831794-cropped-resized.jpg?resize=1024%2C537&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/599px-Guy_West_Bridge_-_Foggy_Day_5299831794-cropped-resized.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/599px-Guy_West_Bridge_-_Foggy_Day_5299831794-cropped-resized.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/599px-Guy_West_Bridge_-_Foggy_Day_5299831794-cropped-resized.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Walk Me Home<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Suspense short story. Rachel, a nerdy, socially awkward college freshman, wants Robert. And tonight she just might get him. Won first prize in the 2022 Arizona Mystery Writers short story contest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamysterywriters.com\/2022-jim-martin-memorial-short-story-contest-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read online (free) &gt; <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/box-being-taped-shut-cropped.jpg?resize=960%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cardboard box sealed with strip of plastic tape\" class=\"wp-image-7193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/box-being-taped-shut-cropped.jpg?resize=1024%2C537&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/box-being-taped-shut-cropped.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/box-being-taped-shut-cropped.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/box-being-taped-shut-cropped.jpg?resize=1140%2C598&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/box-being-taped-shut-cropped.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Future Held in Store<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Poem about memories and aging. Won third prize in the 2022 Arizona Authors Association annual literary contest and published in the 2023 <em>Arizona Literary Magazine<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/2023-Arizona-Literary-Magazine-Winning\/dp\/B0BKML5W4V\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=336BI2DJMEFJO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Buy from Amazon &gt; <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/harmony-2022-cover2-cropped.png?resize=960%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Leaf under a light source that makes its veins glow\" class=\"wp-image-7194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/harmony-2022-cover2-cropped.png?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/harmony-2022-cover2-cropped.png?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/harmony-2022-cover2-cropped.png?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/harmony-2022-cover2-cropped.png?resize=1140%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/harmony-2022-cover2-cropped.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Christmas Duet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Creative nonfiction. My mom passed away in 2019 from dementia at the age of 91. I&#8217;d been losing her by inches for about 15 years, and by Christmas 2018 there wasn&#8217;t much left of her to lose. Yet she still found a way to give me one last gift. This story is written under my real name, Janet Crum, and starts on p. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.arizona.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/harmony_2022_online_version.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read online (free) &gt; <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Deathlehem-2021_eBook_cover_cropped.jpg?resize=960%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Part of cover of The Colour Out of Deathlehem showing an eyeball looking up from underground next to a snowy village\" class=\"wp-image-7195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Deathlehem-2021_eBook_cover_cropped.jpg?resize=1024%2C537&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Deathlehem-2021_eBook_cover_cropped.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Deathlehem-2021_eBook_cover_cropped.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Deathlehem-2021_eBook_cover_cropped.jpg?resize=1140%2C598&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Deathlehem-2021_eBook_cover_cropped.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Woe is Me, Poor Child, for Thee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Horror short story. One foggy Christmas Eve, an ex-con mall Santa seeks camaraderie in a California Delta watering hole\u2014and learns that the spirits of the season don\u2019t always rest easy. Published in <em>The Colour Out of Deathlehem: An Anthology of Holiday Horrors for Charity<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1947227696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy from Amazon &gt;<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/open-house-featured-image.jpg?resize=960%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blue ranch house and overgrown yard in snow\" class=\"wp-image-7196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/open-house-featured-image.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/open-house-featured-image.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/open-house-featured-image.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/open-house-featured-image.jpg?resize=1140%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/open-house-featured-image.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open House<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Horror short story. When very pregnant Kim Idlewood attends an open house with her husband in an expensive Portland suburb, she hates the place. The d\u00e9cor is hideous, the kitchen hasn\u2019t been remodeled since the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Idlewoods can\u2019t afford the house anyway. But Kim\u2019s husband loves it\u2013a little too much. Produced as a full cast audio drama for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storytellerseriespodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Storyteller Series podcast<\/a> and also available free in <a href=\"https:\/\/nightshiftradio.com\/storytellersprint\/episode-10-open-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">print<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storytellerseriespodcast.com\/episode\/open-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen online (free) &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collateral-damage-featured-image.jpg?resize=960%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Desert settlement with trailers, DIY structures, and a fence made of old tires surrounded by desert scrub, rocks, and buttes. Site of Uranium Springs Detonation postapocalyptic cosplay event.\" class=\"wp-image-7202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collateral-damage-featured-image.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collateral-damage-featured-image.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collateral-damage-featured-image.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collateral-damage-featured-image.jpg?resize=1140%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collateral-damage-featured-image.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collateral Damage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Postapocalyptic suspense short story. Former army medic turned insurance salesman turned postapocalypic survivor, Walt lives each day alone in his compound, alert for intruders who might try to take the few things he has left. But the next intruder is not like the others. Won first prize in the Arizona Authors Association 2020 literary contest and published in the 2021 <em>Arizona Literary Magazine<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08MNMLJH9\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B08MNMLJH9&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=authorblogjanetcrum-20&amp;linkId=c5e1c041229bd7434041432b02b82f45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy from Amazon &gt;<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/proof-text-featured-image.jpg?resize=960%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stable and white horse fencing in field of dry grass with mountain in background\" class=\"wp-image-7201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/proof-text-featured-image.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/proof-text-featured-image.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/proof-text-featured-image.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/proof-text-featured-image.jpg?resize=1140%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/proof-text-featured-image.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proof Text<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Suspense flash fiction. An exhausted farm wife must finish one essential chore. Won first prize in the Arizona Authors Association 2019 literary contest and published in the 2020 <em>Arizona Literary Magazine<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Arizona-Literary-Magazine-2020-Winning\/dp\/1697881025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy from Amazon &gt;<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Novels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vanishing-Inc.-mood-board.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vanishing-Inc.-mood-board.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vanishing-Inc.-mood-board.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vanishing-Inc.-mood-board.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vanishing-Inc.-mood-board.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vanishing-Inc.-mood-board.jpg?resize=1140%2C1710&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vanishing-Inc.-mood-board.jpg?w=1333&amp;ssl=1 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vanishing, Inc. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(time travel romance\/romantic suspense)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To stay alive, Alex Collins must vanish.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While her rich and connected ex-husband sits in prison for raping and nearly killing her, Alex flees his posh Connecticut home for the tiny mountain town of Ponderosa, Arizona. Thanks to an expensive lawyer and a generous plea bargain, her ex will be paroled soon, and once he\u2019s out, he\u2019ll hunt her down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s prepared for leave-no-trace living: burner phones, no credit cards or bank accounts, nothing her ex can track. But she\u2019s not prepared for quirky townspeople who stick their noses in her business or for Luke Emmons, who materializes in her living room and claims to be a time traveler from 1910. She\u2019s really not prepared to fall in love with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex struggles to overcome the century-wide chasm between their worlds and the emotional scars left by her brutal ex, but love isn\u2019t a luxury a woman on the run can afford. 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In the year since his daughter died on Christmas morning, Josh Fogarty has barely held himself together. As he weeps at her grave on Christmas Eve, a stranger offers him a sympathetic ear\u2013and a tantalizing deal. Published in &#8216;Twas the Fright Before Christmas in Deathlehem: An Anthology of Holiday Horrors for Charity. Buy from Amazon &gt; Walk Me Home Suspense short story. Rachel, a nerdy, socially awkward college freshman, wants Robert. And tonight she just might get him. Won first prize in the 2022 Arizona Mystery Writers short story contest. Read online (free) &gt; The Future Held in Store Poem about memories and aging. Won third prize in the 2022 Arizona Authors Association annual literary contest and published in the 2023 Arizona Literary Magazine. Buy from Amazon &gt; A Christmas Duet Creative nonfiction. My mom passed away in 2019 from dementia at the age of 91. I&#8217;d been losing her by inches for about 15 years, and by Christmas 2018 there wasn&#8217;t much left of her to lose. Yet she still found a way to give me one last gift. This story is written under my real name, Janet Crum, and starts on p. 13. Read online (free) &gt; Woe is Me, Poor Child, for Thee Horror short story. One foggy Christmas Eve, an ex-con mall Santa seeks camaraderie in a California Delta watering hole\u2014and learns that the spirits of the season don\u2019t always rest easy. Published in The Colour Out of Deathlehem: An Anthology of Holiday Horrors for Charity. Buy from Amazon &gt; Open House Horror short story. When very pregnant Kim Idlewood attends an open house with her husband in an expensive Portland suburb, she hates the place. The d\u00e9cor is hideous, the kitchen hasn\u2019t been remodeled since the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Idlewoods can\u2019t afford the house anyway. But Kim\u2019s husband loves it\u2013a little too much. 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While her rich and connected ex-husband sits in prison for raping and nearly killing her, Alex flees his posh Connecticut home for the tiny mountain town of Ponderosa, Arizona. Thanks to an expensive lawyer and a generous plea bargain, her ex will be paroled soon, and once he\u2019s out, he\u2019ll hunt her down. She\u2019s prepared for leave-no-trace living: burner phones, no credit cards or bank accounts, nothing her ex can track. But she\u2019s not prepared for quirky townspeople who stick their noses in her business or for Luke Emmons, who materializes in her living room and claims to be a time traveler from 1910. She\u2019s really not prepared to fall in love with him. Alex struggles to overcome the century-wide chasm between their worlds and the emotional scars left by her brutal ex, but love isn\u2019t a luxury a woman on the run can afford. Will she keep running and lose Luke and the new life she\u2019s built, or will she stay and face the man who wants her dead? Vanishing, Inc. was a finalist in the 2019 Arizona Authors Association annual literary contest. Status: in revision. Delta Dawn (suspense) Dawn Douglas reluctantly returns to her hometown in rural Northern California to care for her abusive father, whose deathbed confession sends her on a quest to find out what happened to her best friend from childhood\u2014a quest that may get her killed. Delta Dawn won first place in the 2021 Arizona Authors Association annual literary contest. 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