by Lorinda Boyer | May 16, 2022 | Training is Personal-book in progress, Uncategorized
Sue “I hate to workout. I hate gyms. I don’t really want to be here. But here,” she thrusts an open palm stacked with bills in my face, “Now I have to come.” Tears glisten her eyes. I gently lower her hand, guide her to the couch in the gyms make-shift lounge. “Sue,...
by Lorinda Boyer | May 9, 2022 | Training is Personal-book in progress, Uncategorized
Doc The wind hisses as Doc pushes open the heavy glass doors. He hurries inside, head down, a skull cap drawn snug over his ears. I pull my fleece jacket tighter, turn my face away from the frigid blast of air. Joe, the kid working the register, smiles brightly ready...
by Lorinda Boyer | Apr 26, 2022 | Short Fiction
A short piece of fiction from 2018 Mom and I saved her brother from the camping trailer he was dying in. He was too weak to get out of bed, too weak to use a bathroom or feed himself. The trailer buzzed with flies and smelled of human waste. I held my hand over my...
by Lorinda Boyer | Apr 19, 2022 | Memories, Training is Personal-book in progress
The blaring of my phone alarm yanked me from my dreams. I slapped at the screen with my whole hand, hoping to hit a button that would stop the noise; 4:45 am was an inhumane hour. “I’m only filling in today,” I consoled myself as I drug my body out...
by Lorinda Boyer | Apr 3, 2022 | Award
The BookFest Awards honors authors who create outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction. Books are judged in categories based on genre, theme, and aesthetics. Books published in the past five years are eligible. Entries are vetted by an initial team, then the final...