Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Raconteurs’ Muse, the literary journal of Central Oregon Community College. The literary journal is an extension of A Novel Group of Writers, Central Oregon Community College’s creative writing club.Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Raconteurs’ Muse, the literary journal of Central Oregon Community College. The literary journal is an extension of A Novel Group of Writers, Central Oregon Community College’s creative writing club.The genesis of the literary journal is a conversation I had last spring with my academic advisor over the dearth of English and Writing classes offered by the college. Specifically, there is no creative writing program at the college. She explained to me, “Creative writing classes are a luxury at COCC.” Furthermore, “If I desired a wider selection of liberal arts classes I should consider transferring schools.”Soon after our tête-à-tête I formed the writing club at COCC. Several months later, during a summer barbecue in my backyard a group of us started The Raconteurs’ Muse Literary Journal. The journal took six months of toil to obtain funding approval from the ASCOCC, and publication authorization from the college administration.June 18, 2013 the writing club will publish Raconteurs’ Muse Volume II, titled Chapters and Verses. Volume II is a collection of manuscript first chapters, as well as short stories and musings created by members of the writing club and students at COCC and Oregon State University Cascade Branch.Sometime toward the later part of July The Raconteurs’ Muse and A Novel Group of Writers will request submissions of short stories, novellas, and novel length manuscripts for a Summer/Fall writing competition. The contest serves as a platform for several publishing projects the club is undertaking, and will announce details in the subsequent weeks.Please like and follow A Novel Group of Writers and The Raconteurs’ Muse via our social network venues for upcoming information and submission instructions. Views: 677
To ensure an heir, the king raises his daughter as Prince Argaret – only for the older Princess Epistem and Queen Telete to murder the king and blame the prince. Exiled to lands impoverished by the king’s chivalric quest to restore the precious stones of a shattered angelic crown, the prince vows to return the gems. But are there nine, ten or twelve? And since when was a pearl a stone?The story of a field cricket named Charlie who learns to sing. In his adventures, he escapes fearsome dangers that help him to learn to sing! Views: 677
AmberHow do you politely refuse when the only guy to star in any of your dirty fantasies has just offered to put you up for the foreseeable future and your brother's just accepted like you were in fact still thirteen and couldn't make decisions for yourself? You don't. And, you end up with a roommate who wears a very good elegant mask over the rough and tumble, bad boy core I remember far too well.Only, it's ten years later and I'm even nerdier than I used to be. It's ten years later and I couldn't look worse. It's ten years later and I can't keep one guy. It's ten years later and my brother still teases me mercilessly in front of him. It's ten years later and Kit somehow looks even better than the guy I spent my formative years crushing on.So, there's not only the issue that he's my older brother's best friend, but also a sex-god this virgin can barely talk to. But that certainly never stopped me from drooling over him and it wouldn't stop... Views: 677
Zoella Mya survived a rape and assault at fifteen. She grew up to be an accomplished musician who seemingly has it all. Right before her wedding, she receives a letter telling her she must attend a parole hearing or her attacker will be set free. Her world crumbles as the past comes back to haunt her.Zoella Mya was raped when she turned fifteen by her Uncle. He was taken to jail and she moved away from the States to stay with her Greek Uncle. She's built a life, she's a successful musician and she's even about to get married to the man of her dreams. On the day she returns to pick her wedding dress at their shared apartment, she receives a disturbing letter. She has to attend a parole hearing to testify against the release of her attacker. Her past comes rushing back, and old insecurities take over. Robbie McClaire is about to marry Zoella Mya. They've been living together three years, and he's ready to give her his name. When she shows up at their shared apartment with another man days before their wedding, he is devastated. Will Robbie forgive Zoella so that they can face the future together? Or will he just let her go without finding out the real reason why she left? Views: 677
The Night Train: Pioneer, the story of an overnight train trip from Memphis TN to Washington DC, is a supernatural mystery thriller story. The quick read story, The Artifact, is a suspense story. The other quick read story, Trapped in the Barn, is an amusing mystery story.During a daunting game of Ice Hockey atop a Glacier an incident arises and both friends must find a solution to their problems. Views: 677
Winner of more Hugo and Nebula Awards than any other science fiction author, Connie Willis is one of the most powerfully imaginative writers of our time. In Remake, she explores the timeless themes of emotion and technology, reality and illusion, and the bittersweet place where they intersect to make art.
Remake
It's the Hollywood of the future, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past. It's a Hollywood where Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe are starring together in A Star Is Born, and if you don't like the ending, you can change it with the stroke of a key.
A Hollywood of warmbodies and sim-sex, of drugs and special effects, where anything is possible. Except for what one starry-eyed young woman wants to do: dance in the movies. It's an impossible dream, but Alis is not willing to give up. With a little magic and a lot of luck, she just might get her happy ending after all.
From the Paperback edition. Views: 676
Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller from nationally bestselling author Sarah Gailey, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House as well as HBO's true crime masterpiece I'll Be Gone in the Dark."Come home." Vera's mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories — she's come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there, beneath the house he'd built for his family.Coming home is hard enough for Vera, and to make things worse, she and her mother aren't alone. A parasitic artist has moved into the guest house out back and is slowly stripping Vera's childhood for spare parts. He insists that he isn't the one leaving notes around the house in her father's handwriting... but who else could it possibly be?There are secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the notorious Crowder House. Vera must face them... Views: 676
1954: The Winter Soldier is the Soviet Union's greatest weapon. Assigned the most dangerous covert missions from the USSR's secret military branch, and guided by a handler who knows him better than he knows himself, he has only one purpose: to obey orders. But he wasn't always the Winter Soldier . . . 1941: As World War II begins, sixteen-yearold Bucky Barnes is determined to enlist in the US army—if only the local commander will stop getting in his way. When Bucky is offered enrollment in a training program with the British Special Operations Executive—the UK's secret service—he leaps at the chance to become a hero. But Bucky has hardly touched down in London when he finds himself running from a mysterious assassin and accompanied by an English chess champion fond of red lipstick and double crosses. She's in possession of a secret every side is desperate to get their hands on. If only they knew what it was . . . Decades later, the Winter Soldier struggles to solve the same... Views: 676
When an old acquaintance offers Aprestine a deal, one that could help her turn the tide in the approaching war between the city of Ezeth and the rest of the realm, she can’t help but accept. But that acceptance comes at a cost, one that she might not be willing to pay… Not if she loses her life in the process.Aprestine is losing her magic. On the run from the magic catchers that continuously chase her, she only has one option: to get hold of the black jewel that is being held inside the great castle of Ezeth. Getting hold of the jewel is going to be a problem in itself, a problem that she can’t solve on her own. When an old acquaintance offers her a deal, one that could help her turn the tide in the approaching war between Ezeth and the rest of the realm, she can’t help but accept. But that acceptance comes at a cost, one that she might not be willing to pay… Not if she loses her life in the process. Views: 676
The Mad God Monos, who insists people eat meat only on Wednesdays and have relations only during the full moon, had mustered an army and was poised to invade Helvenica.The people of Helvenica needed a hero, a brave warrior to defend their right to eat meat and relate whenever they pleased. What they got was Fotio, a reluctant hero with a bad attitude towards religion and a tendency to daydream.The Mad God Monos, who insists that his worshipers eat meat only on Wednesdays and have, um, relations only during the full moon, had mustered an army and was poised to invade Helvenica. He was determined to drive the old Gods into the spiritual wilderness and establish himself as the One God.The people of Helvenica needed a hero, a brave warrior to stand up to the usurper and defend their right to eat meat every day and relate whenever they pleased. What they got was Fotio, a reluctant hero with a bad attitude towards religion and a tendency to daydream. Views: 676
