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    Analekta
    Analekta
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    Analekta

    By L. Lee Shaw

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    Analekta simply means “selected things”. This anthology presents selections of written works that showcase the talented wordsmiths of Oregon’s Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, and Washington counties. Its purpose—other than to satisfy the many appetites of readers from all walks of life—is to discover and nurture writers, giving attention to those who chose to work within the techniques and conventions of both genre writing and poetry, and to serve as a portal to the countless worlds that words afford.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL. Lee Shaw
    Release dateJun 15, 2013
    ISBN9780989118118
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    L. Lee Shaw

    L. Lee Shaw is the owner of the indie publishing house, Boho Books. In 2017, she debuted the award-winning young adult novel, Aging Out. She previously published Blood Will Tell...and Monster Child, and co-edited Analekta, an anthology of writing. Her children's chapter book, Flunking Magic, featuring a little witch who is very bad at spells, is scheduled for publication in 2018.

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      Book preview

      Analekta - L. Lee Shaw

      Analekta

      an anthology of writing

      Analekta – Volume 1

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2013

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of these authors.

      All rights to this anthology are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the authors or publisher.

      Rights to the individual works contained in this anthology are owned by the submitting authors and each has permitted the work’s use in this collection.

      eISBN: 978-0-9891181-1-8

      Published in the United States of America

      Boho Books edition/May 2013

      This book is available in print at most online retailers.

      Contents

      Introduction

      K. D. Schmidt

      Last Day

      Untitled Poem

      Pattie PalmerBaker

      The Poem,Waiting

      Grieving Mallards

      Advice For The Artist’s Husband

      Larry Anderson

      Perspective

      Another Rainy Commute

      Dani Clifton

      Sins Of A Father

      Lizzy Welle OeDell

      Tiny Mr. Spider

      Lake

      Carrol Haushalter

      The Year Chickens Wore Underpants

      Glen Bledsoe

      Forever & Eternity

      John Sibley Williams

      The Castle

      Devon Seale

      Through Sun Or Storm

      Angie Hughes

      Jamie G. Has Changed

      Contributors

      Our Thanks

      Submission Guidelines

      Introduction

      The Pacific Northwest has proved a fertile ground for growing literary centers. Cities such as Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco are beacons to those who wish to make their literal mark on the world of writing and publishing. Beyond the urban, however, other writers also dream and write down those dreams on tables located in small communities or set in rural landscapes.

      The co-founders of Analekta know these writers because this is also where we live. We have read these writers’ words, listened to their hopes, and offered them our encouragement. Out of their dreams, we’ve realized one of our own: creating an anthology that draws attention to the talent hidden among the fields and barns, tucked into tiny towns, and located off the beaten paths.

      Analekta simply means selected things. This anthology presents selections of written works that showcase the talented wordsmiths of Oregon’s Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, and Washington counties. Its purpose—other than to satisfy the many appetites of readers from all walks of life—is to discover and nurture writers, giving attention to those who choose to work within the techniques and conventions of both genre writing and poetry, and to serve as a portal to the countless worlds that words afford.

      Happy reading!

      —L. Lee Shaw & Heather Frazier, Analekta Editors

      Last Day

      K. D. Schmidt

      She approached the entrance of the hospice room quietly, though it wouldn’t have made a difference—the coma induced by the medications rendered the woman in the bed oblivious.

      The early light of that sunny July morning was filtered by a long curtain of yellow chiffon. The nurse, having issue about color coordination, had changed the bed linens, and gently bathed and dressed the grandmother in a nightgown so that all matched the buttery hue—giving her and the entire room a golden, ethereal glow. It had been only six weeks from diagnosis to this time and place. Not enough time to prepare mentally, emotionally, spiritually.

      The priest arrived the day before, gathering the family, anointing her with an essence of Frankincense, and reciting the prayers that accompanied the centuries-old sacrament of extreme unction. Tears rolled down familiar faces as he pronounced Jeanette Elizabeth as being in a state of grace and ready to safely traverse this world to the next.

      It had turned to the present, and the room had only two occupants, an elderly woman of enduring beauty, and the granddaughter who

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