Her Story Arc
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Here are the winning stories from F-BOM’s inaugural flash fiction contest, judged by LJ Cohen. Did you miss the contest this quarter? Our next topic will be revealed in November, during our Facebook Live interview with Intisar Khanani. Click here for submission guidelines. First place: Murder in an ice cream scoop by Lynn Vandermeer It’s… Read More
For lack of time and energy, I normally avoid books that have sequels. However, after finishing LJ Cohen’s Derelict, I had to read Ithaka Rising, Book Two of the Halcyone Space series. Sure, Derelict works as a standalone novel, but you only get a brief taste of the future Cohen creates. I can say with… Read More
Did you know that the founders of Her Story Arc are starting a new venture? If you’re on our mailing list you’ve already heard the good news. F-BOM (which stands for Feminist Book of the Month) is replacing Her Story Arc’s old Book of the Month feature. F-BOM is more than just a book club… Read More
It’s hard to know where to start. When it was announced that Wonder Woman would be getting her own movie years ago, I was excited that the debut would coincide with the year I anticipated graduating from my MBA program. A year and a half ago I was excited that the movie debut would coincide… Read More
I love everything about mysteries. Solving them, creating them, reading them, watching them or playing them. It doesn’t matter what format they come in. I enjoy them immensely, probably due to my mother’s love for them, since they were constantly playing when I was little. As I’ve grown up my love for mystery solving McGyvers… Read More
Our February Book of the Month is (drumroll please): Longbourn’s Songbird by Beau North. Longbourn’s Songbird is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. This version is set in the American South in 1948. North’s Longbourn is one of similarities and differences to Austen’s. The Bennets own a large farm; Darcy ran a munitions… Read More
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