Natalie Parker-Lawrence’s essay, “Playing for Keeps," is about how girls learn math a little differently than boys do. This piece was first published in The Commercial Appeal in 2006 and is a favorite at readings and festivals, the last time at this year's Fringe Festival at Rhodes College.

“Seven/Eleven” is a short story based on a true event, a murder of a convenience store clerk by one of the author's former students. This story was the November 2019 choice of Memphis Magazine's short story contest.

Dawn LaFon will read “The Peacheanid,” a story about finding the dog of your dreams in a most unusual way.

Robert Burns will read his story, “Working After Hours.” The story occurs at the intersection of lust and ambition. It was published at 3ElementsReview.org.

Ron Gephart will be reading his story, “The Cucumber Bicycle Seat.” It is the story of a mother who, for 40 years, has found a special place to grieve her child. This is a new version of the story performed for the Voices of the South Fringe Festival at Rhodes College this past summer.

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“Earlybirds," by Natalie Parker-Lawrence.

Can two people find their soul mate and fall in love at a yard sale in ten minutes? How much should we trust people we've just met? A short sexy comedy about what and who people can pick up if they bargain for it.

 "Cosmo Yarrow Blows His Brains Out," by Ron Gephart.

A 65-year old man remembers a day in 1965 when his grandmother asked him if he thought her neighbor went to hell for killing himself. A black comedy about unrequited senior romance and congenital dementia.

“Perfectum,” by Dawn LeFon.

Surely one little piece of wallpaper can’t take very long to fix, can it?  An original essay on surviving and thriving while renovating an old house.

“Planting Firewood,” by Natalie Parker-Lawrence

Neighbors for sixty years in midtown Memphis, Lillian and Dodee still can’t agree to keep weeds, flowers, children, or men in or out of their gardens.