Category Archives: Everybody Has a Story

Frozen In Time

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Jan C. Johnson

We call it The Great Missouri Road Trip, and it happened last fall. My mom, my sister and I spent almost a week visiting old family places in Missouri: my mom’s girlhood homes, old cemeteries, the tiny bank building where … Continue reading →

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“Sparks” (Part 3)

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Jan C. Johnson

by Janice C. Johnson Here is the third and concluding installment of my 2008-2009 UTA Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest entry. See this week’s previous posts (Sept. 13 and 15) for Parts 1 and 2. In Part 2, we learned that … Continue reading →

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“Sparks” (Part 2)

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Jan C. Johnson

by Janice C. Johnson Here is the second installment of my 2008-2009 UTA Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest entry. See the previous post for Part 1, in which we left Bob handing out the latest radio dispatch to his shipmates aboard … Continue reading →

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“Sparks” (Part 1)

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Jan C. Johnson

by Janice C. Johnson – This essay was my entry in the University of Texas at Arlington English Department’s 2008-2009 Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest, where it won 1st place in Creative Non-Fiction. I post the piece (in three installments), based … Continue reading →

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