Author: Margaret Evans

It’s not just twice a year anymore!   A long-time dream of the Friends of the Beaufort County Library (FOL) has become a reality.  Through the efforts of Library Director, Wlodek Zaryczny and the downtown Beaufort Library branch staff, the Friends have established a fabulous new gently-used book store in the former Beaufort District Collection Room, located on the main floor to the right as you walk into the Beaufort library.  

Beaufort’s Tim Johnston talks to editor Margaret Evans about SSA’s growing web presence and the upcoming launch party for its first anthology.   Margaret Evans: Tim, you gave me a great interview when you launched the Short Story America website, about a year and 1/2 ago. Now you’ve published your first anthology, which we’ll discuss in a bit. But what kind of readership have you built for the website since its inception?

USCB Lunch With Author Series keeps bringing the heavy hitters… Have a perfect summer treat with John Hart, the unprecedented two-time winner of the coveted Edgar® Awards for best novel and NY Times best selling author, at the USCB Lunch With Author Summer Series on Wednesday, July 20, 2011.  Hart will address his latest novel, Iron House, which will make its debut at the luncheon held at the Sea Pines Country Club.  Lunch will be served at noon.

  Editor’s Note: “Israel’s Pig” is the winner of the Lowcountry Weekly/Short Story America Tricentennial Short Story Contest. Congratulations to writer Guy J. Tirondola. (And thanks to Jonathan Green for the use of his images.)   “Isril, I won’t lose dis child tuh hunger,” Mina said as she rocked her young son to sleep. Noah sat on her lap, head on her chest, and exhaled a plaintive moan that grew softer and softer with each breath. The wood plank floor beneath the chair squeaked with the rocking, and the sound seemed to soothe the boy. “He ain’ growin’ proper,” she added. “He too small an’ delicate fuh five year ole.”

Local author’s new novel hits close to home.   Allan Winneker, published by iUniverse, Inc., the leading provider of publishing technology solutions for authors, will be signing copies of his new book Two Islands: Terror in the Lowcountry, a novel set in the middle of today’s terror-threatened global environment. Jacob Lee is an attorney in quiet, idyllic Beaufort, SC where he lives with his wife and son. Life is good—until the Lee family is thrust into a terrorist plot to kidnap a high-ranking Marine Corps officer.

  Beaufort-based Short Story America’s first anthology is coming out in a beautiful first edition on June 24th. The book features 56 great short stories by today’s authors, including four stories by the series’ editor, Beaufort writer T.D. (Tim) Johnston, and one by Beaufort writer/actor/director Gail Westerfield. The 544-page anthology has been hailed as “literary fiction at its best” and as “new life to literature” in advance reviews. Area residents and visitors are invited to a book launch party and signing on Friday evening, June 24th, from 6 pm until 8 pm at Lowcountry Winery on Bay Street. Tim Johnston and Gail Westerfield will be greeting guests and signing books at the event, which kicks off the inaugural first edition of the Short Story America Anthology series.