Gary V. Powell, Author

I couldn't be more pleased that my story "On Horicon Marsh" found a home and was published this month by moonShine Review.  I took my first shot at this story 30 years ago while living in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Renowned author Ellen Hunnicut, and a wonderful teacher and mentor, loved the story and it won, in an earlier version, a scholarship award to the IU Summer Writer's Conference. But I couldn't get it published anywhere. I tried a lot of places. Then I let it sit for many years. Last year, I revived it. I cut from it mercilessy, 4500 words to under 3000 words. I informed the story with all I've learned about writing and storytelling over the years.

Anne, who assists Mary and I with copyediting in our business, asked me to submit to moonshine Review. She's the editor and publisher and a terrific sponsor of the literary arts here in Charlotte. Submissions are blind (no names) and fifty are submitted for each one selected. Anne assured me I'd receive no special preferences. I originally intended to send her "Miller's Deer." but it was selected runner up for the Thomas Wolfe Prize and will be publishe in the Thomas Wolfe Review this fall. I sent Anne OHM, the revised and cleaned up and wizened version.

Now, the story is out in print. I couldn't be more pleased. I'm glad it's with Anne and moonShine and that people are reading it. As I told Anne, the journal rivals the Paris Review in quality.

Get your copy of moonShine here and support the literary arts. Most of us write because we have to and because we love to. The cost of the publication doesn't begin to cover time and and expenses. I'm in the new release with the naked woman on the front.