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Anthology of Creative Writing Competition Winners 2024-2025

Fanfan Makes A New Friend

Susan Gleason Pierre Louis

This book is about friendship, compassion, persistence, grace and gratitude. What happens between a boy who wants to be friendly and another boy who is facing a personal challenge? How easy it will be for both of them to connect? Can friendship and kindness prevail? What would it take to overcome a personal challenge and appreciate a new friend? Under the bright sun of a Haitian village, Fanfan is determined to answer those questions.

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Little Fanfan Sings and Dances In Haiti

Scottie Blue And The Ding A Dong Doo Doo Fairy

Susan Gleason Pierre Louis

This is a story about a round faced, clear eyed, and sometimes sad boy, which is dedicated to: Scott Blue White

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Cajun Macbeth

Dr. Thomas S. Smith Sr.

Cajun Macbeth is the script of a ten-minute play: Consider if you will “that Scottish play,” if by a twist of fate Shakespeare wrote it as “that Cajun play.” The play won third-place in a Spectral Sisters Production and was staged in Alexandria, Louisiana.

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A Pocket Book of Poesy

Dr. Thomas S. Smith Sr.

A Pocket Book of Poesy is a small book of collected poems of various kinds—short and long, free verse and sonnets, and serious and not-so-serious. Some reflect personal events and feelings that readers can identify with.

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The Paraprosdokian Shop

Dr. Thomas S. Smith Sr.

The Paraprosdokian Shop is where a mysterious and persuasive shopkeeper offers more than just curiosities—every item holds a fate-twisting secret that blurs the line between reality and the Lovecraftian unknown in this eerie, Serling-esque tale of supernatural suspense and quiet horror.

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Cosmic Visitants

Dr. Thomas S. Smith Sr.

Cosmic Visitants is a science fiction novel about visitors from outer space. In it an American in post-war Vietnam escapes from a detention camp under unusual circumstances. He saves a Vietnamese woman from rogue soldiers, and they head to the border. Encountering border guards and an alien spacecraft, Jim sees Lin go zombie-like into the UFO. Back in the States, Jim is reunited with Lin. Time with the aliens causes Jim to trust them. At Minot Air Force Base, Jim discovers betrayal by the aliens and the unimaginable consequences of the real mission of the visitants.

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The O Suilleabhain Manuscripts II

Dr. Thomas S. Smith Sr.
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Part of the The O Suilleabhain Manuscripts series:

The O Suilleabhain Manuscripts II is the second collection of the author’s writings—some published before, but most not—over his adult lifetime. Some of the pieces are humorous; some, serious; and some, revelatory to the nature of the author himself. Many of the writings are purely fictional; some are messages to others; and some are true life narratives and philosophies. Real people are depicted in many of the writings, and fictional persons live in other selections. Life events prompted the writing of some of the pieces; idle times produced other items; and the author’s education profession yielded up others.

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The O Suilleabhain Manuscripts

Dr. Thomas S. Smith Sr.
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Part of the The O Suilleabhain Manuscripts series:

The O Suilleabhain Manuscripts is a salmagundi of the author’s writings—some published before, but most not—over his adult lifetime. Some of the pieces are humorous; some, serious; and some, revelatory to the nature of the author himself. Many of the writings are purely fictional; some are messages to others; and some are true life narratives and philosophies. Real people are depicted in many of the writings, and fictional persons live in other selections. Life events prompted the writing of some of the pieces; idle times produced other items; and the author’s education profession yielded up others.

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