The Chelsea Writer's Workshop has been helping
authors grow for over twenty years. In that time many of our members
have gone from "I'd like to write" to selling stories and winning
awards.
Here's a selection of our member's works.
Here's a selection of our member's works.
When a car accident kills Chloe, a vibrant and beautiful teen with
everything to live for, the lives of her family, friends, and even those
who barely knew her are irreversibly changed. As the people connected with
Chloe wrestle with her death and the role they may have played in the
accident, their lives become increasingly intertwined. While they grapple
with guilt, loss, forgiveness, and redemption, hard truths surface,
relationships fracture, and friends are found in the unlikeliest of places.
Told from nine different perspectives, Intersections portrays a gripping
moment at the crossroads of the struggle to find the light or surrender to
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Published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP).
*Image courtesy of ASP.
Eric Parker was a self-described "earth traveler" who lived by his wits and took great prid in his independence as a schizophrenic, unhoused man. He was highly intelligent, loved birds and animals, and explored Ann Arbor, Michigan and southern California on his own for 20 years.
This is his tale of life on the streets, and making a home out of being homeless.
Joel Laundry found a mermaid swimming in a well in downtown Feysville.
Magic that seems normal to residents whose families have lived here long
enough to not ask questions makes Joel uneasy. What if a town is so
polluted, so poisoned by its own greed and secrets that it needs
cleansing from the ground up? What if magic propping up a dying town is
at war with nature itself? The town of Feysville has failing farms,
skeletons who won't stay in the cemetery, and a brothel full of working
girls and boys whose anger has raised a natural magic from the ground to
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When Rán Hollander's sister calls with the news that their father had a
tragic accident on Lake Michigan, Rán drops everything and returns to a
small town that turned its back on her years earlier. Was the death an
accident, a suicide, or something much worse? Rán goes undercover to
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Rán Hollander was back home for a leisurely visit with her sister and nieces. Little did she know that a cruise across the river on the Chain Ferry would lead to theft, tattoos, emeralds and mayhem!
And, oh, yes, there was the blind date from Hades that changed Rán's view of humanity and men in general.
But when her husband sells her home out from under her and vanishes with
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Dogs Wag the Tale brings you short stories about our best friends who change their humans' lives. Through laughter, drama, curiosity, and tenderness, you'll appreciate our dogs' gifts to us.
In this heartwarming, illustrated collection of 18 tales, you'll read
about a canine crime solver in New York City, a trucker who rescues a
dog, a jazz diva whose pooch hits the high notes, and more pups full of
devotion, smarts, and goofiness. Each story is accompanied by a portrait
that captures the soul of these spirited creatures.
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C Flynt shares this issue with David Gerrold, Esther Friesner, Laura Resnick and a bunch of others.
C. Flynt's story Determination is included in this anthology.
What could go wrong if you install self-modifying code and a need to optimize performance onto a Martian Rover?
It could certainly get more done if it wasn't being interrupted by
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The magical Michigan Moon tells the story of creatures of the night in this lyrical children's picture book. The story is based on an original lullaby by Harriet Gower, written for her daughter, Meg. As an adult, Meg expanded the song into a seven-verse poem. Illustrated with exquisite wildlife photography from three Michigan photographers.
Published by Fifth Avenue Press, an imprint of the Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI.
Sometimes you feel like an outsider from the moment youre hatched. Or peeled out of the egg, in Peanut's case. Against all odds, Peanut overcame identity issues, bullying, anxiety, illness, and loss to earn the Guinness record of World's Oldest Living Chicken. As one misfit to another, her tale is lovingly told by her caregiver of over two decades.
Solange walks on the beaches of Lake Michigan where the town of
Feysville drifted in space-time years ago, watching the dimensions of
reality overlap and dance like aurora in the night sky. A humanoid sea
creature boy named Kung befriends her and helps her dive down to a
mysterious stone henge under the lake, where they are chased by his kind
through a portal. An adventure and love story unfolds between two
magical humans with unusual abilities they have evolved to survive the
earth changes. As a strange storm builds and drains the energy of humans
and animals from this dimension, creatures bleed over from other
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Rán Hollander, Investigative Consultant, returns from vacation to find
her desk at the constable's office usurped by a brash rookie cop
determined to make his mark. When a dead body is discovered near Rán's
childhood home, the young cop goes rogue, and chaos ensues.
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Pegasus Quincy, a rookie deputy on temporary assignment in a sleepy
mountain town, expects a quiet summer citing jaywalkers and writing
traffic tickets. Fate intervenes when a dead body turns up in an old
copper mining pit.
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My experiences
working as a clerk in the Pediatric OR of a major metropolitan hospital
inspired me to write these stories. Nurses are very funny people, and
they all hung out at the Charge Nurse's desk right next to mine. After I
stopped laughing, I wrote down their stories--nail polish, deep dives
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Hieronymous Glyph, Alchemist at Law is in fine company in this
collection when he tries to help an elf baker survive in the
fast-rising bakery business.
This practical, fun-to-read guide summarizes what was consistently helpful to students who took stress management courses taught by a psychologist for 38 years.
It explains how stress and tension affect body, mind, and emotion in
easily understandable terms and describes simple techniques that
directly address core functions necessary to restore and maintain
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