Texas Pete                                    Bobbie Mardis Texas Pete was a mighty fine cowboy A mighty fine cowboy was he. He could ride the range And rope a steer And still be home by three. The Chisholm Trail was a mighty fine trail A mighty fine trail was it. It crossed the Red And the Cimarron too Read more

Our program for March was writing the Fantasy Genre. The contest winner was Cathy Thorp. Congratulate her! The Queen and the Dragon Cathy Thorp             I awake once again to the sound of hoofbeats outside the cave entrance. Almost every day now there is one of these heavily armored men riding up to coax me Read more

Real Love Hannah Ward People have many ideas of what real love is. Some believe it’s expensive dinners, designer clothes, jewels. For others it’s a fleeting thing, there for a moment and then gone in the blink of an eye, a mere whisper in the wind. But love is many things. It’s hard to find Read more

The Bad Man Daddy was born in the year 1902 before Oklahoma statehood. He was the son of an Irish immigrant who settled with his Czechoslovakian bride near where the town of Southard exists today. “When I was a boy,” he began, “Dad took me in the wagon to this house.” It was like a Read more

What Happened at Midnight? Bobby Mardis “The dense fog persists for days. Townfolk, passersby on our twisted cobbled streets, can recognize no one until they are within a few feet from one another. Sounds of foot traffic or barking dogs are muffled to the extent I begin to fear I’ve lost my hearing. Yet, last Read more