Books

- THE BOOK REPORT: The other side of history
- Dan Vaughn
- George Custer was the son of an Ohio blacksmith, poor and without much hope of ever becoming a world-recognized name. With the intense desire to make something of himself, he decided to become a lawyer. His family, however, lacked the means to... Full story
- 'Move Over Mike Dover' by Brent Kerrigan
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- Brent Kerrigan
- The sun settles behind the green grandstand, bathing the fairgrounds in a golden glow that gives even the cheapest and dirtiest of rides twenty minutes of respectability. Carnival barkers pull their hats over their eyes and gaze into a crowd that... Full story

- 'Nolan County Banshee' by Brandon R. Garcia
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- Brandon R. Garcia
- Dreams never fool me.
Once my eyes are closed they’ll slither like vines into my bed and try to smother me without me knowing, but they’re not as sneaky as they think. I know they’re coming.
They squeeze themselves tight around... Full story

- 'Samurai Sticks' By Zack Quaintance
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- Zack Quaintance
- The dust-covered action figures lined the sill inside the bedroom window, their dead eyes looking down at an industrial-sized dumpster.
On the sidewalk, a 9-year-old boy looked up at the figures.
Someday Jeremy’s gonna want those, he... Full story
- 'American Philosophy' by William Mainous
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- William Mainous
- On the 28th day of January, I woke up that morning only to slowly drag myself out of bed, and get myself ready to face another, potentially, tiresome day. An unexpected chill sprinted though the air that morning or at least it fell unexpectedly for... Full story

- 'Wicked – Her Secret Words' By Lina Suarez
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- Lina Suarez
- her secret words, they glare at me
and sneer within
how I am wicked,
more wicked now
to opt living in sin.
and then
I never hear her
say the words,
but I know, I must know
she is displeased.
I come from a long line of sinners.
el mal... Full story

- 'What He Crosses Into' by Brenda Riojas
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- Brenda Riojas
- The military occupies this city of faded
pink concrete walls marked in green and black graffiti,
a city of curfews populated with fear,
a city... Full story
- 'The Outhouse – A Standing Monument to Country Essence' By Don Clifford
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- Don Clifford
- Ed Ledbetter choked on a plug of Copenhagen and dang near swallowed his new store-bought upper plate. In between gasps for air he sputtered, “You want t’do what?”
“I wish to install a flush toilet in my outhouse,” Jake... Full story
- 'The Fool' by Clarissa Guerra
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- Clarissa Guerra
- I looked across from my seat where she sat. It took me a years’ salary just to get her to consider talking to me. I had no choice but to turn to the streets to gather the money needed. She watched me across the seat will the chauffer drove.... Full story
- 'The Employment Office' by Juan Ovalle
- FESTIVA'S CREATIVE WRITING ISSUE 2009
- Juan Ovalle
- The first thing I thought about was Richard.
We’d gone to the bowling alley in Mission, about twenty miles from our town. There was a bowling alley in Edinburg, but the one in Mission was the one we liked; this one not only had an archery... Full story