...er works by this author. Thank you for your support. Contents Essays Short Fiction Essays I submitted this essay for Angie Bowie's "AIDS Begone" writi... ...lf, poetry or plays for class assignments or even some truly dreadful fan fiction, there have always been words pouring from my pencil or pen. “Why”... ... the voices in my head want to get out. *** Reverend Mike’s Last Sermon (Easter, 4/4/10) When I was a little girl, I attended Trinity Lutheran Churc... ...CC for about a year when Rev. Mike announced that he was leaving and that Easter Sunday would be his last day. I was devastated. I wrote to Rev. Mik... ...rd I needed in order to be brought safely home. As I was getting ready for Easter services and Rev. Mike's last sermon, I was crying. I had realized... ...ng this scripture, I began to smile. Rev. Mike's last sermon was about how Easter is not the end of the story, but the beginning of a different one. ... ...leasant memory, it qualifies. I read books on a variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. I get way more information that way than I do fro... ... reach down and help another person up." That exercise includes me. Short Fiction Heart of Stone It is their job to watch. From high above, in many c...

...Author Sharon E. Cathcart ("In The Eye of The Beholder," "Les Pensees Dangereuses") presents a sampler of essays and short fiction. The collection features "Heart of Stone," a short story never previously published. ...

...ical feast-days: Fourth of July (the Fourth), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day; Easter, Passover, Feast of Tabernacles, New Year's Day [but: sabbath =da... ... not correctly or fully quoted : the church (=organized Christianity), the Eastern (Greek Orthodox) church, the Roman Catholic church, the estab- ... ...y true thing, to say that it was by his genius that Alexander conquered the eastern world. His army, you know, was a small one. To carry a vast num...