BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
BILLY CHIREVE (Part 1 of Chapter 1)
Billy Chireve
The Beanery Writers group online literary magazine offers Southwestern Pennsylvania authors an opportunity to share information on books they’ve written. Below is the first half of the first chapter of Mark Phaneuf’s new book. The second half will be posted at the beginning of next week.
Mark Phaneuf was born and raised in Annapolis, MD. He received his BA in English from Washington College in Chestertown, MD, and his MA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD. He lives in Plum Borough, PA, with his wife, daughter and dog. His first novel, Chandler College, was published in 2006. “Billy Chireve” is the first chapter to his new novel The Irony Gods.
All great couples seem to have interesting stories about how they met. Maybe their hearts collided when one ran a stop sign and plowed his SUV into the side of her sporty hatchback. Or maybe they were childhood sweethearts, who as the years progressed, played more and more intricate games of hide and seek. Elena Mercado and Luke Earle were such a couple. Forced together as Driver’s Ed partners in 10th grade, Elena and Luke learned the rules of love and the rules of the roads simultaneously. Along with parallel parking and identifying the blind spot, they discovered (more…)
BEANERY WRITERS NEWSLETTER (BWN)
VOL. 2 ISSUE 3
MARCH 1, 2009
Edited by Carolyn C. Holland and BWG members.
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BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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BEANERY WRITERS GROUP MEETINGS
The BWG meets the second and fourth Fridays each month, 1:00-3:00 p.m, in the back room at the Coffee Bean Café in Latrobe (they opened a second Coffee Bean Café on Rt. 30 in Greensburg by Office Max—wrong site!). Some members come early so they can socialize over coffee or lunch. New members—or visitors (especially if you are visiting the area from out of town)—are welcome to join us. Our members are eclectic: they write in all genres!
APOLOGY: The Beanery Writers apologize for any convenience we cause you because the facilitator and editor of this newsletter does not yet know how to work the new Yahoo e-mail page. Somehow a click was done to “update” the format, which has been problematic (more…)
BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
THE BATTLE FOR PEACE: A Book Review
Joe F. Stierheim
In the book The Battle for Peace by Zinni & Koltz, it tells about a man who went from a young lieutenant in Vietnam to Commander-in-Chief of US Central Command (CENTCOM). Retired Marine General Tony Zinni has viewed combat from every perspective. He has also had direct involvement in humanitarian efforts in nations suffering from the onset of disease and natural disasters as well as political strife. All of these experiences have led him to advocate (more…)
God’s Message to the World
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BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
GOD’S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD
Joe F. Stierheim
Dona-el called to the brethren. “Come! Come here! Quickly!”
The brethren ran up. “What is it?” they asked breathlessly.
“I’m talking to God!” Dona-el answered.
“What?” The brethren wondered—had Dona-el gone mad?
“I don’t see God,” one of the brethren said. “Where is He?”
“There,” Dona-el said, pointing at the sky. “In that cloud. He spoke to me out of that cloud.”
The brethren stared at the sky, at the cloud Dona-el indicated. It was just a cloud.
“I don’t see God,” said the brother. “It looks like just a (more…)