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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1606767557365-X650630R27TZI2SXVWMN/BG4+CoverA.png Prose/Poetry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1582733973117-7ZHLVW44LNJWX36LCJAB/BG3+Cover.jpg Prose/Poetry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1566403527499-N7043YZEOECGOG6KO1XW/BG2+Cover.jpg Prose/Poetry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1566402980364-MHMTQ7U275I3QD97DPJX/B%26G+cover.jpg Prose/Poetry https://www.barstowandgrand.com/the-uncles-by-sharon-kunde daily 0.75 2019-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1566405842809-EMDCFZWJEX3A3XP57BLY/Sharon%252BKunde%252BAuthor%252BPhoto.jpg The Uncles Sharon Kunde is a doctoral candidate in English at the University of California, Irvine. Her research, which centers on nineteenth-century American literature, shares with her poetry a concern with embodiment, relationality, nonhuman animals, and materiality. She lives in Altadena, California, with her husband, two sons one dog, and eight chickens. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/children-of-barbados-by-charles-haislet daily 0.75 2019-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1566405526195-1SJRFM7EZD0JMY1O8IC1/Charles%252BHaislet%252BAuthor%252BPhoto.jpg Children of Barbados Charles Haislet is a retired physician who has been writing poetry since he was a young man. He lives in Gorden Wi, is a member of the St Croix Writers of Solon Springs, has serve on the board of the Wisconsin Writer Association, and is great fan of the International Poetry Reading put on by UWEC. He has published three poetry chapbooks. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/throwback-by-ken-szymanski daily 0.75 2019-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1566406005271-IK0SBWGVO15MS79146CY/Ken%252BSzymanski%252BAuthor%252BPhoto.png.jpg Throwback Ken Szymanski has written for Volume One Magazine since its first issue in 2002. He also enjoys creating radio drama podcasts and live events combining spoken-word and music. For the past 21 years, he’s taught middle school English in Eau Claire, where he lives with his wife and sons. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/tips-for-submitting-to-literary-journals daily 0.75 2019-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1566402421899-UN4CFNF2ZL55NZPE6E48/9.jpg Tips for Submitting to Literary Journals https://www.barstowandgrand.com/submissions daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1565748054935-FGXQ9JKGIMCOLGVAA1SX/Author+Guidelines.jpg Submissions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1565748081228-6HO3G5JWO0P2J7ROBLI3/Publishing+Guidelines.jpg Submissions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1565748135925-XKRN9IHTXTHGOY9I0GRC/Writing+Guidelines.jpg Submissions https://www.barstowandgrand.com/solstice-by-laurel-kieffer daily 0.75 2019-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1566405288888-K0B9Q0H40T844FLABUCH/Laurel%252BKieffer%252BAuthor%252BPhoto.jpg Solstice Laurel Kieffer began technical writing in the late 1970’s through work in the public and private non-profit sectors. By the end of the 90’s, she began to shift her focus to teaching women’s studies at UWEC, while continuing freelance project management and technical writing. Other UWEC projects included managing a Title III Strengthening Institutions grant and writing the 2017 McNair grant. After retiring from UWEC in 2015, Laurel began creative writing as a cathartic release following the 2014 death of her life partner. Writing has become a way to unite place, time and introspection. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/all-the-difference-dan-woll daily 0.75 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1582728307428-PN2VWIV7CMAWO6V7CDX2/Dan+Woll.jpg All the Difference Dan Woll lives in River Falls with his wife Beth and furry muse, Emmett the Bernese Mountain Dog. His writing is informed by my years in education and summers on the great walls of Yosemite Valley. His books include North of Highway 8, Further, Paperclip (co-author), and Death on Cache Lake (co-author). His newspaper and magazine credits include Pioneer Press, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison Capital Times, Madison Isthmus, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Silent Sports, Velonews, and River Falls Journal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1614350753500-CXTFWVLWU600WMUFBHWY/Dan+Woll-2.jpg All the Difference https://www.barstowandgrand.com/stranded-scientist-discovers-elizabeth-farris daily 0.75 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1582729303524-ERWEXJSVUTKY8LXCPLNO/Elizabeth%2BFarris.jpg Stranded Scientist Discovers Endangered Species Elizabeth Farris is a former environmental chemist. She earned an MA in Creative Writing from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand in 2015. Her short stories have appeared online and in anthologies in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. She also writes an occasional poem or stage play when the mood strikes. She has written articles for a zoo newsletter and edited a poetry journal. A Chippewa Falls resident for five years, she now divides her time between a tiny cabin in the mountains of Arizona and a small house with a big view in New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1614353749369-92VGEDE9PTLIL4I7J1V3/Elizabeth+Farris-2.jpg Stranded Scientist Discovers Endangered Species https://www.barstowandgrand.com/6-am-katy-hackworthy daily 0.75 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1614350295793-ORLI8OA7XYM2XGZJNS8P/Katy+Hackworthy.jpg It's 6 AM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1582729028480-S4XNM8MVZLNYP6BTBNLD/Katy%2BHackworthy%2B-%2Bfor%2Bwebsite.jpg It's 6 AM Katy Hackworthy is a political organizer, caregiver, and writer. She seeks to invest in the Chippewa Valley as much as it has invested in her. Her work has been featured in NOTA, twig, Volume One, and Literally, Darling. She resides in Eau Claire with her cat, Walt, and a mountain of books. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/faded-pictures-by-kenneth-kapp daily 0.75 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1606768669636-KGEFKK4OPN44KYHM8VLI/Ken+Kapp+Pic.jpg Faded Pictures Kenneth Kapp was a professor of mathematics, a ceramicist, a welder, and an IBMer until he was downsized in 2000. He now teaches yoga and writes. He lives with his wife and beagle in Shorewood, Wisconsin. He enjoys the many excellent chamber music concerts available in Milwaukee. He’s a home brewer and runs whitewater rivers with his son in the summer. Further information can be found on www. kmkbooks.com. Photo by George Roesch Johnson https://www.barstowandgrand.com/kapp-interview daily 0.75 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1614264056159-E8AQ03MTSOG6JKVO7D2T/OriginalPhoto-635956632.567722.jpg A Conversation with Ken Kapp: talking about daydreaming, living vicariously and epiphanies https://www.barstowandgrand.com/turner-interview daily 0.75 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1614266737013-OVX2N998T3CIMWS5PXLZ/OriginalPhoto-635959450.40671.jpg Talking with Stephanie Turner about writing, facing criticism, and distinct ways of talking https://www.barstowandgrand.com/as-far-as-i-can-tell-by-stephanie-turner daily 0.75 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1614269382841-W2I6GUD2HMF6MQYS70CS/Picture1.jpg As Far As I Can Tell Stephanie Turner is a cat mom and professor of English at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, where she teaches science writing, creative nonfiction, and other interesting courses. Her scholarship focuses on the human/animal connection, especially our relationship with the recently and nearly extinct species. She’s working on a memoir titled Expected to Live, and in her spare time, tries new cheesecake recipes. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/issue-4-gallery daily 0.75 2021-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615575236411-KSQCDBFFG29LY5LU8JV1/Dwarf.jpg Issue #4 Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615575616978-T2UANZJXZ6V4LLP66BHE/Sewer.jpg Issue #4 Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615575617083-FD0YL2GDF1A95R81B75R/Spatter.jpg Issue #4 Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615575619701-39GBD4U8G6VSXHTOCS0R/Spring_Rain.jpg Issue #4 Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615575619495-MEGBVGLSC1W7Q9NL5SDQ/Washed_Up.jpg Issue #4 Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615591690977-06GCQ1JA1FZ0A67XPWM3/Author%2BPhoto.jpg Issue #4 Gallery Initially, the piece ended with the teenager, who knocks over the protagonist’s claw machine, stealing a stuffed animal instead of money. However, this ending didn’t feel quite authentic. Hailing from a crumbling small-town myself, I wanted to highlight the struggle of the people there, the struggle to feel important and valued despite being living in such a similarly insignificant and small community. I wanted to show how issues commonly associated with big cities, such as drug use and theft, also exist in rural America, that boredom and lack of opportunities can lead people to do things they might not normally do. Throughout the piece, the protagonist ruminates on his inability to escape his perceived blip of an existence. In high school, he was a track star but failed to receive any scholarship offers to advance to the next level, which he saw as his only chance to become a somebody. This boils over into feelings of frustration, into feelings of being forever trapped in a situation he hates. He becomes too paralyzed by the fear of failure to launch his second jailbreak and develops a shell of cynicism to protect himself. When he realizes this at the end of the story, he’s already wasted decades of his life wallowing in defeat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615900544507-T2EUTCLJ0EQCEXTRVOH8/desk+pic+for+b%2Bg.jpeg Issue #4 Gallery - Chloe’s Desk In August, I moved from Eau Claire—my hometown—to Madison, Wisconsin. This! Is my new desk! Sometimes I paint or color or prune my plants at this desk. Sitting here, I’ve written mostly letters and a few things I’m willing to call poems. Writing has been difficult for me since my move, I instead spend a lot of time cutting up newspapers to make tiny poem-like collages similar to Eloisa Amezcua’s Dream Life series. I first wrote my poem, “What We Left”, a few years ago in the margins of a notebook while overcaffeinated in a classroom on the second floor of Hibbard Humanities Hall at UWEC. At the time, I felt the poem was very weird, and I was incredibly anxious about it. Now, I am excited about what it’s become, and I am very proud it has a home in the fourth edition of Barstow and Grand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615854179764-CETWJAR47KBFPL3C3DO5/Profile+Photo+June+2020.jpg Issue #4 Gallery - An interview with Mitchell Nobis, conducted by his family Mitch’s wife: When and where do you write poetry when we have kids leaving Legos on the floor? Mitch: Sleep deprivation plays a key role because I mostly write before anyone else is awake or after the kids are finally asleep at night. Before the pandemic when I was teaching in-person every day, I also spent quite a few lunch periods working on my writing. It's amazing how much I can get done in a 20-minute lunch when the boys aren't there whaling on me with lightsabers and whatnot. I also watch very little TV other than basketball, but I can keep that on in the background while working. The noise of basketball is calming and even generative for me, like music. That also answers where the title of this poem ("The LeBroniverse (Brought to You by Gatorade”) probably came from. Mitch’s eleven-year-old: Why do you even like poetry? Mitch: Why do you even like Nintendo? But for real, that's a big question. One short way of answering it is that poetry helps me see and think about the world in different ways than just going through daily life does. Poetry gives me a way to pay closer attention. Reading and writing poetry helps me think about the tiny details of life, which helps me better understand its immensities too. But also because it's fun. Mitch’s six-year-old: Can we have cheeseburgers for dinner? Mitch: Sure, big man. Photo credit: Mitch’s six-year-old (the one who likes cheeseburgers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615853922197-6VTXJ5ZS1AKX0UK03S3X/000796-0004-000570.jpg Issue #4 Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615854570914-1FJPIR91P4OOLXKDN4A1/20210315_174228+%281%29.jpg Issue #4 Gallery - How many blank notebooks does one poet need, you ask? All these and more, tucked into the shelf of my grandmother's telephone table alongside a well-stocked pencil box and a new set of colored fountain pens. Plus one in both cars and my purse and my office and the bird-watching bag...always be prepared to write! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1615855105511-OLO0TO79IAEZU6FV4LUM/Katy+Hackworthy+-+for+website.png Issue #4 Gallery As the prose editor of Barstow & Grand, it was a delight to immerse myself in such vastly different pieces, from the more emotionally grounded personal prose to the goofier, more cinematic short stories. The most exciting part of that process was reading pieces from folks whose work I'm familiar with to total strangers who've connected with the community we're creating both in the Chippewa Valley & the upper Midwest as a whole. As a reader, I am always drawn to writing that takes risks & that has something to say. This is my open invitation to all you rebel writers out there to put it all out on the line & send your stuff our way! https://www.barstowandgrand.com/what-about-ambition-by-nathan-lipps daily 0.75 2021-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/1616072547010-Y48Y7A8IRTWD0V6OM3YG/IMG_20181030_163833+%282%29.jpg What About Ambition, Its Hunger? Nathan Lipps is a poet from Michigan. His work has been published in the Best New Poets of 2017, BOAAT, Colorado Review, Third Coast, Typo, and elsewhere. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/shopping-at-kmart-by-jackie-mcmanus daily 0.75 2022-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/6a978440-e898-4af5-aa53-698a3cae7271/mebookreading_n.jpg Shopping at Kmart the Month My Mother Died Jackie McManus is the author of The Earthmover’s Daughter (2018) and Related to Loon (Finishing Line Press, 2021) and the forthcoming Tell It To The Water. She is at work on the chapbook Midwest Interval. She has been published in Sky Island Journal, Cathexis Northwest, Rattle, Front Porch Review, Thimble Literary Journal, VoiceCatcher, Barstow & Grand, and other publications. Whether it’s the Kuskokwim, the Gallatin, the Yellow or the Columbia, she always writes near a river, usually with mountains in sight. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/small-town-next-door-by-nathan-reid daily 0.75 2022-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/c5ffb948-dacc-46c8-be79-22952eab36c9/SayItLivephoto2+cropped.jpg Small Town Next Door Nathan J. Reid is n songwriter, actor, and poet residing in Madison, Wisconsin. He serves on the boards for the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission, the Council for Wisconsin Writers, and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. His work has been published in several journals and anthologies, translated into Chinese, as well as performed for both the stage and radio. He is a former senior editor for the Wisconsin Review, former guest editor for Bramble Lit Magazine, and has two poetry collections published by Finishing Line Press: Thoughts on Tonight (2017) and Persistence of Perception (2020). Learn more at nathanjreid.com. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/furby-on-my-bathroom-floor-by-anna-loritz daily 0.75 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/7192998f-dff7-4710-b7ef-97c36c1cb2c6/image_50435329.jpg Furby on My Bathroom Floor Anna Loritz is a full-time librarian, a part-time grad student, and a part-time pirate. She occasionally manages to write something that others might enjoy. This is her second time being published in Barstow and Grand. She attributes all her successes in creative writing to the warm community of writers in the Chippewa Valley. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/figureground-by-emanuel-asher daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/c06f5d03-a9ab-48da-9fe0-04bf25a3f519/Image+%283%29.jpg Figure/Ground Emanuel Asher writes strange fiction. He’s drawn to stories that are dense and self-critical. His characters are usually more neurotic than heroic, more distracted than principled, more flatulent than brave. When Emanuel is not sussing out the conflict within the conflict of a character, he is usually teaching or doing his best to wrangle his dog or children. He has lived in Eau Claire, down in the valley, a short walk from the Joynt, for the entirety of his adult life. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/let-me-tell-you-about-the-time daily 0.75 2023-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/319aee5f-fe76-4df7-9992-c8316727a7fa/IMG_0575.jpg Let Me Tell You About the Time I Almost Became a Hermit Richie Zaborowske is a dad, librarian, and author from the Midwest. He puts a contemporary twist on traditional library offerings; his monthly Short Story Night packs the local brewery and features trivia, comedy, and author interviews. His writing appears in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Brevity, The Los Angeles Review, HAD, X-R-A-Y Lit, Identity Theory, Jet Fuel Review, and others. Richie won second place in the 2022 Wisconsin People and Ideas fiction contest. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/eggy-by-isabelle-hoida daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/df7f50dc-6477-43a6-8d01-1eeaf7c86680/isabelle+Hoida+B%26G.jpg Eggy Isabelle Hoida is a student at the University of Wisconsin - Superior, majoring in Writing and English. When she's not tapping away on her computer, you can find her collaging, hiking, dancing, or reading palms. She looks up to Chilly Gonzales and Stefani Germanotta for artistic inspiration. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/when-i-asked-chatgpt-by-rebecca-pelky daily 0.75 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/d375813c-2999-4802-a779-0488bd50a2de/unnamed.jpg When I asked ChatGPT what it didn't know and it told me - Make it stand out Rebecca Pelky is a member of the Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin. She was recently awarded a 2023 creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Through a Red Place, her second poetry collection and winner of the Perugia Press Prize, was released in 2021. Her first book, Horizon of the Dog Woman, was published by Saint Julian Press in 2020. A translation of Matilde Ladron de Guevara’s poetry collection Desnuda, co-translated with Jake Young, was published by RedHawk Publications in 2022. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/cicada-by-kevin-pataroque daily 0.75 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/7ea047a7-92cf-4a06-b10c-52dcd01718a6/unnamed.jpg Cicada - Make it stand out Kevin Pataroque is a queer Asian-American writer and a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering at Yale University. Previously, he studied English and Chemical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. His work has appeared in the Case Reserve Review, The Oakland Review, and Laurel Moon. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/today-by-declan-melchoir daily 0.75 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/e3df1302-9259-48dc-8832-afa675615d88/unnamed-2.jpg Today - Make it stand out Declan Melchoir is an aspiring writer and musician based all around Wisconsin. He began performing in high school and that momentum has carried him into the creative writing program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he writes in his free time and plays to whoever will listen. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/the-snow-is-really-coming-down daily 0.75 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/85363053-22db-4057-80cf-d5882a56b208/unnamed-3.jpg The Snow Is Really Coming Down - Make it stand out CeCelia Zorn has authored a book of nonfiction, two novels for young adults, and numerous academic articles. Her favorite parts of writing are collaborating with others, revising, meshing details, and reading. She is a Professor Emerita from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she taught nursing for 32 years and she lives in Eau Claire with her husband Wayne and their dog Oreo. Just when CeCelia thinks maybe she’s turned the corner away from serious and stimulating writing adventures—another treasure chest begs to be opened. And open it she does. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/595d43d6-018f-4be8-a184-bdefd44d2a3c/unnamed-2.jpg The Snow Is Really Coming Down - Make it stand out Tania Riske just finished co-writing her first fiction narrative and can’t decide if she’s more pleased with the outcome or the incredible collaborative process that made it happen. While not born in Eau Claire, the past thirty years spent here outnumber the years she’s spent anywhere else, and it’s likely she’ll be calling Eau Claire home for at least another thirty years. Tania entertains a hodge-podge of interests, including trail running, towing horses and her grown children around the Midwest for competitions, and drinking wine with the best friends a girl can imagine. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/drinking-christmas-blend daily 0.75 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/71ded983-ecc4-4dba-8265-f138971de1de/Evan+Minsker.jpg drinking christmas blend - Make it stand out Evan Minsker is a writer living in Menomonie, Wisconsin. A music journalist and former News Director at Pitchfork, his journalism has appeared in The New York Times, NPR Music, and CREEM Magazine. Subscribe to his punk and rock ’n roll newsletter see/saw at see-saw.fun. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/water-wings daily 0.75 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/88b23b18-c66d-4229-8612-cda40585432b/Bennett.jpg Water Wings - Make it stand out Meghan Bennett is a poet originally from Illinois and a graduate of New York University, who found her way to Eau Claire, WI by throwing a dart at a map. She now teaches high school English. Her work has been featured in Rookie Magazine, ISU's Euphemism, and the 2025 Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Calendar. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/out-on-the-lily-pads daily 0.75 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/eea0d53d-c93b-4de8-82be-5eb9ff4198c1/64FFCAFA-2DA0-46DF-8C69-089DDEB8A2BC+1.jpg Out on the Lily Pads - Make it stand out A proud Elk Mound alum, Sally Collins’ work has appeared regularly in the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living since earning her BA in Writing from Winona State University. Her first novel, Muddled Cherries, set partially in the Chippewa Valley, was released in August 2024. A semifinalist for the 2024 Wisconsin People & Ideas short fiction contest, she’s also the author of the children’s board book Door County Animals and a librarian at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. She resides in Baileys Harbor with her family, but visits the Chippewa Valley often. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/an-august-halloween daily 0.75 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/f2917ccf-eda3-4eb9-8ab1-e16f673da7ee/Lindsey+photo.jpg An August Halloween - Make it stand out Lindsey Brandrup is a writer and teacher from Eau Claire, WI. She currently lives with her husband and children in a 130-year-old farmhouse they are restoring in Shawtown. She has been honored to be published in Barstow & Grand and to present her writing at events hosted by the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild. https://www.barstowandgrand.com/80-mph-free-and-weightless daily 0.75 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581a71febebafb322e6f9268/95a4ad5c-cf8e-4412-bf70-72bec6194d24/Joshua+Forehand.jpg 80 mph Free and Weightless - Make it stand out Joshua Forehand grew up in a small Texas town, with mostly happy memories, despite the specter of mental illness in the home. Writing has been a constant in his life since childhood–an escape, a travel companion, an emotional pocket-translator. His work has been published in multiple print and online journals, including a recent selection for the Editor’s Prize in Nonfiction by Porter House Review. He was a 2025 Honor Winner for the Edwin “Bud” Shrake Prize for Short Nonfiction by the Texas Institute of Letters. 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