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Attention writers! This month’s short story contest theme is: A Short Story Inspired by Your Favorite Childhood Memory Entries must be received by midnight November 28th, cst. Selected stories will be featured during the month of October. Read on for further guidelines. Short Story Contest Guidelines Stories are to be 1,500 to 3,000 words. All…

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Latest Short Story Contest – Win a $25 Prize

Attention writers! This month’s short story contest theme is: A Short Story Inspired by Your Favorite Childhood Memory Entries must be received by midnight November 28th, cst. Selected stories will be featured during the month of October. Read on for further guidelines. Short Story Contest Guidelines Stories are to be 1,500 to 3,000 words. All…

Latest Short Story Contest – Win a $25 Prize

Attention writers! This month’s short story contest theme is: A Short Story Inspired by Your Favorite Childhood Memory Entries must be received by midnight November 28th, cst. Selected stories will be featured during the month of October. Read on for further guidelines. Short Story Contest Guidelines Stories are to be 1,500 to 3,000 words. All…

Latest Short Story Contest – Win a $25 Prize

Attention writers! This month’s short story contest theme is: A Short Story Inspired by Your Favorite Childhood Memory Entries must be received by midnight November 28th, cst. Selected stories will be featured during the month of October. Read on for further guidelines. Short Story Contest Guidelines Stories are to be 1,500 to 3,000 words. All…

New Books for Your Reading List – November 1, 2022

Read Along with Me My reading list this week are all advanced copies of books not yet out! One of my favorite things about operating a literary blog is getting to preview great new titles before they go on sale. The first book is Our Lying Kin, a new release from Claudia Hagadus Long. I’ve…

Latest Short Story Contest – Win a $25 Prize

Attention writers! This month’s short story contest theme is: A Short Story Inspired by Your Favorite Childhood Memory Entries must be received by midnight November 28th, cst. Selected stories will be featured during the month of October. Read on for further guidelines. Short Story Contest Guidelines Stories are to be 1,500 to 3,000 words. All…

[Book Review] A Brilliant New Release from Roberta Silman

By Roberta Silman Roberta Silman’s latest novel Summer Lightning is historical fiction at it’s finest. A meet-cute between two young people at an air field, in 1927, begins a story about the immigrant experience in the United States. Belle and Isaac face many challenges, both interpersonal and socioeconomic, as they begin a new life, in…

[Book Review] A Humorous New Release from Sarah Lavane

By Sarah Lavane Sarah Lavane brings a conversational style to her memoir on the challenges of being a single woman in the world of Orthodox dating. Lavane’s story is very relatable, even for those dating outside the Orthodox community. Her experiences are at times funny and at times heartbreaking. Lavane gives a very honest take…

Jewish Book Carnival: October 2022

Welcome to the Carnival My self-titled blog, Heidi Slowinski LLC, is proud to host the October Jewish Book Carnival. This is a monthly event, bringing together those who cover Jewish literature online to “meet, read, and comment on each other’s posts”. Organized by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), the Carnival is hosted by a…


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[Book Review] A Nest of Snakes by Deborah Levison

By Deborah Levison Brendan Cortland lives a life of solitude. His primary interaction with other people comes from online shopping, discussion boards, and weekly therapy appointments. Brendan struggles to manage symptoms of PTSD. But despite years of therapy, he has never shared the source of his underlying trauma. Until, at the age of 47, he…

[Book Review] A New Memoir by Sarah Birnbach

By Sarah Birnbach The Mourner’s Kaddish is a traditional Jewish prayer, written in Aramaic. At the loss of a parent, child, or spouse, it is traditional to recite the prayer for eleven months. After the loss of her father, Sarah Birnbach commits to reciting the Kaddish, twice daily, in synagogue, for eleven months. Birnbach describes…

Latest Short Story Contest – Win a $25 Prize

Attention writers! This month’s short story contest theme is: A Short Story Inspired by Your Favorite Childhood Memory Entries must be received by midnight September 26th, cst. Selected stories will be featured during the month of October. Read on for further guidelines. Short Story Contest Guidelines Stories are to be 1,500 to 3,000 words. All…

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