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Unforgettable Fiction and Poetry: All kinds of writing for all kinds of readers.
 
Editor-in-Chief: Chris Goebel   Literary Fiction Editor: Lorena Smith  Poetry Editor: Rochelle Smith  
Editorial Assistant: Chronika McDowell   Contest Judge: Timothy Bruderek
 
 
 
 
 

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JULY HUMDINGER LITERARY ZINE

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Click on blue links to view.  

JULY IMPOSSIBLE SHORT STORY CONTEST WINNER!

JULY GINSBERG POETRY CONTEST WINNER!

SCIENCE FICTION, COMIC FICTION, MAINSTREAM FICTION,  WHAT IN THE? WRITING CONTEST, LOOKING BACK AT YOUTH POETRY CONTEST, MUSICAL NOSTALGIA WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS, TALE TALE CONTEST FINALISTS,  XANADU'S GATE POETRY FINALISTS, BETTER THAN POTTER CHILDREN'S FANTASY FICTION FINALISTS,  HORROR ,  POETRY , FANTASY,  POLITICAL FICTION, AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, SHAKESPEAREAN FICTION CONTEST FINALISTS, SPACE EXPLORATION FICTION CONTEST FINALISTS,  15-LINE POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS 

 

MAINSTREAM/lLITERARY FICTION: CLICK HERE

The Lumberjack’s Daughter and the Doctor’s Son

By Lloyd Hudson Frye

 

Plates

Ricky Ginsburg – January 2006

 

COMIC SHORT STORIES: CLICK HERE. 

Ruby Gets An Exam

By Katherine Luck

 

The Cat That Killed Me

By Daniel J. Dziedzic

POETRY

POETRY Click here.  

Collection of Poems by
Carol Rudy
 
Collection of Poems by
Christopher Major
 
Collection of Poems by
Eden Trenor
 
Small Town Matters (a sestina)
By Tim Harnett
 
COLLECTION OF POEMS
By Tony Zurlo

 

WHAT IN THE? WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read the first story...

 

OLD TUB

By J. P. Kane

 

Adventures of Jack Care-away

“Missing Word”

By Scott M. Sparling

 

Prohibition Makes It Hard to Speak Easy

(in English 101)

By Brian Quass

LOOKING BACK AT YOUTH POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read the first poem.

Aging

By Sophya Vidal

 

The Tower of TVs

By Amberine Wilson

 

Remembering Neverland

By Scott M. Sparling

MUSICAL NOSTALGIA WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read the first story...

I SAW THE SIGN
By Victoria Guidi
 

Tripping

By Lorena Smith

 

Shifting

By H. Lovelyn Bettison

 

MISTER DOUBLE YOU

By Jeffrey Scott Jewett

 

 HORROR

HORROR SHORT STORIES CLICK HERE.

NIGHTSTALKER: IN THE CREEPING DARKNESS  By Chris Goebel  

 

SCIENCE FICTION CLICK HERE.

 

Saving Private Josh

By Mark Bennett

 

Trash

By Jonathan Berman

POLITICAL FICTION

POLITICAL FICTION CLICK HERE TO READ.

When an Empire Falls By Lloyd Hudson Frye

  FANTASY FICTION CLICK HERE.

No recent submissions in this category. 

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS

CLICK HERE TO READ AUTHOR INTERVIEWS.

Interview with Angel Logan.

 XANADU'S GATE POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS

 

Click here to read...

 

Springwine: The Absinthe Season

By Kalae S. Anthony

 

Forced Retirement

By Anne Cahalan

 

Gotas–De–Lluvia (Raindrops)

By Robert Prives TALL TALE CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read the TALLEST tales!

 

An Old Man Story

By Dan Sullivan

 

INTERNET DATE

By Carmen Diode

 

TALL TALE

By Scott M. Sparling

 

He Married a Yeti

By Lloyd Hudson Frye

 

“Yo-de-ley-e-he!”

By J.B. Pravda

 

OLD DOG RUMBLE

By Robert Rives 

BETTER THAN POTTER CHILDREN'S FANTASY FICTION CONTEST FINALISTS

 

Click here to read...

 

MagicWorks--where the magic is real

By Chrissie Sparling

 

HUNYA

By JB Pravda

 

Planet X and the Invasion of the Shadow People

By Scott M. Starling

SHAKESPEAREAN STORY CONTEST FINALISTS

CLICK HERE TO READ SHAKESPEAREAN SHORT STORIES.

Rosie By Julia E. Martin

The Testimony of Yorick By Louise Norlie

Speaking Shakespeare By Scott M. Sparling

SPACE EXPLORATION STORY CONTEST FINALISTS

CLICK HERE TO READ SPACE EXPLORATION SHORT STORIES.

PROMS By Lloyd Hudson Frye

Preventing the Reaping By Scott M. Sparling

15-LINE POETRY CONSTRUCTION CONTEST FINALISTS

CLICK HERE TO READ POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS' POEMS.

My Legacy By Mary Ellen Garcia

Being Fifteen By Scott M. Sparling

What If? By Sophya Vidal

  

Romantic  Comedy

 

 CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ROMANTIC COMEDY SECTION.

Romantic Sonnets

 

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ROMANTIC SONNETS PAGE. 

 

 

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SHORT STORY WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read these stories.

COMIC POETRY WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read these poems.

 
 
 

HUMDINGER LITERARY E-ZINE JUNE 2006         

IN ARCHIVING PROCESS . . .

 

 

It’s Free, offers inspiration and advice others charge money to deliver, provides resources and links and reminds you that you’re a Writer. Subscribe to Jack of Genre, Humdinger’s monthly e-zine by clicking the above link.

The above link will take you to the idiosyncrasies, eccentricities, and delightful weirdness of Humdinger’s unpretentious writers. A laugh, a giggle, a guffaw!

Visit Editor-in-Chief Chris Goebel’s Writing Page to learn writing tips that will help you impress editors and get published sooner.

 

 

Enter Humdinger's Writing Contests. 

Give yourself a great excuse to write: it’s free and it’s fun!

 

 

 

Click the box above to visit a strange new world, where Chris Goebel, editor of Humdinger Literary E-zine, shares tremendous mistakes, clumsiness, as well as—fortunately, useful writing tips, advice and links.

 

 

Click this link to visit Humdinger’s extensive Links for Writers, with resources, fun, information about literary agents, publishers and more!

 

 

Thanks? Corrections? Send a Letter to Humdinger's Editor, Chris Goebel.

 

 

 

  

 

April showers bring May flowers.HUMDINGER LITERARY E-ZINE MAY 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Click on blue links to view.  

COMIC FICTION, MAINSTREAM FICTION,  TALE TALE CONTEST FINALISTS,  XANADU'S GATE POETRY FINALISTS, BETTER THAN POTTER CHILDREN'S FANTASY FICTION FINALISTS,  HORROR ,  POETRY , FANTASY,  SCIENCE FICTION, POLITICAL FICTION, AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, SHAKESPEAREAN FICTION CONTEST FINALISTS, SPACE EXPLORATION FICTION CONTEST FINALISTS,  15-LINE POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS 

 

MAINSTREAM/lLITERARY FICTION: CLICK HERE

Strange fruit, part two

By Lorena Smith

 

The Parable of Ramón

Ricky Ginsburg – March 2006

Inspired by the song of the same title by Richie Havens

 

A Terrible Night in the Armpit of America

By Ben Bostick

Elspeth's Trick

By Jerry Watson

 

COMIC SHORT STORIES: CLICK HERE. 

LAUNDROMAT

Carmen Diode

 

NO MORE FLEAS FOR CONNIE - Antherton Grant

A Review, by Carmen Diode

 

TALL TALE CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read the TALLEST tales!

 

An Old Man Story

By Dan Sullivan

 

INTERNET DATE

By Carmen Diode

 

TALL TALE

By Scott M. Sparling

 

He Married a Yeti

By Lloyd Hudson Frye

 

“Yo-de-ley-e-he!”

By J.B. Pravda

 

OLD DOG RUMBLE

By Robert Rives 

 HORROR

HORROR SHORT STORIES CLICK HERE.

NIGHTSTALKER: IN THE CREEPING DARKNESS

By Chris Goebel 

POETRY

POETRY Click here. 

What a Soul Is

By Heather Cook-Lindsay

 

Leaf

By Jon Berahya

 

Collection of Poems

By F.I. Goldhaber

 

Collection of Poems

By Brennan Fitzgerald

 XANADU'S GATE POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS

 

Click here to read...

 

Springwine: The Absinthe Season

By Kalae S. Anthony

 

Forced Retirement

By Anne Cahalan

 

Gotas–De–Lluvia (Raindrops)

By Robert Prives

BETTER THAN POTTER CHILDREN'S FANTASY FICTION CONTEST FINALISTS

 

Click here to read...

 

MagicWorks--where the magic is real

By Chrissie Sparling

 

HUNYA

By JB Pravda

 

Planet X and the Invasion of the Shadow People

By Scott M. Starling

 

 

FANTASY FICTION CLICK HERE.

This month's fantasy fiction is in the Better than Potter Children's Fantasy Fiction section. Click here to read!

SCIENCE FICTION CLICK HERE.

No Science Fiction submissions this month...

POLITICAL FICTION

POLITICAL FICTION CLICK HERE TO READ.

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS

CLICK HERE TO READ AUTHOR INTERVIEWS.

Interview with Angel Logan.

SHAKESPEAREAN STORY CONTEST FINALISTS

CLICK HERE TO READ SHAKESPEAREAN SHORT STORIES.

Rosie By Julia E. Martin

The Testimony of Yorick By Louise Norlie

Speaking Shakespeare By Scott M. Sparling

SPACE EXPLORATION STORY CONTEST FINALISTS

CLICK HERE TO READ SPACE EXPLORATION SHORT STORIES.

PROMS By Lloyd Hudson Frye

Preventing the Reaping By Scott M. Sparling

15-LINE POETRY CONSTRUCTION CONTEST FINALISTS

CLICK HERE TO READ POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS' POEMS.

My Legacy By Mary Ellen Garcia

Being Fifteen By Scott M. Sparling

What If? By Sophya Vidal

  

Romantic  Comedy

 

 CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ROMANTIC COMEDY SECTION.

Romantic Sonnets

 

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ROMANTIC SONNETS PAGE. 

 

 

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SHORT STORY WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read these stories.

COMIC POETRY WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS

Click here to read these poems.

 

Click here to visit the Christmas stories.

Click here to visit Christmas Poems.

 

 

It’s Free, offers inspiration and advice others charge money to deliver, provides resources and links and reminds you that you’re a Writer. Subscribe to Jack of Genre, Humdinger’s monthly e-zine by clicking the above link.

The above link will take you to the idiosyncrasies, eccentricities, and delightful weirdness of Humdinger’s unpretentious writers. A laugh, a giggle, a guffaw!

Visit Editor-in-Chief Chris Goebel’s Writing Page to learn writing tips that will help you impress editors and get published sooner.

 

 

Enter Humdinger's Writing Contests. 

Give yourself a great excuse to write: it’s free and it’s fun!

 

 

 

Click the box above to visit a strange new world, where Chris Goebel, editor of Humdinger Literary E-zine, shares tremendous mistakes, clumsiness, as well as—fortunately, useful writing tips, advice and links.

 

 

Click this link to visit Humdinger’s extensive Links for Writers, with resources, fun, information about literary agents, publishers and more!

 

 

Thanks? Corrections? Send a Letter to Humdinger's Editor, Chris Goebel.

 

 

 

  

 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 
 

  
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