A Message from the Editor
- hiatus issuePORTLAND!
For the last issue I asked
contributors to write about my hometown, Portland, Oregon. A few took me
up on the idea. And I wrote a longish short story featuring Portland.
Hope you like my tribute to Portland.
Claire Smith,
by Dianne Kochenburg
Fond Memories of Portland, by
Judie Echo thomas Benito
Portland on my mind,
by Bernie Brown
Portland Pondering,
by Doug Hawley
The Portland Stalker,
by Wayne Scheer
Last Stories from the
contributors:
The Last Performance,
by Susan P. Blevins
"Hello, you've reached",
by Art Carey
The Indolent Lymphomas, a play in one
act for two lymphocytes,
by Wendy Freborg
The Story of
Mildred, Agnes and Pearl, a picture book,
by Margaret Gaynes
Closing Time,
by Beth McKim
Exquisite Naiveté,
by Wayne Scheer
The Parking Ticket,
by Steve
Slavin
Bookstore Problem,
by S. F. Wright
My Failure, Again, to Win the Nobel Prize in
Literature,
by Stuart Watson
Letters to the Editor,
touching letters that I do appreciate
ENCORE!
The Serial Killer issue (summer of 2021):
As promised, the serial killer stories, for your
entertainment. The contributors loved this writing prompt. They sent everything from
the silliest to the most horrible, gut wrenching stories I've read in a
long time.
Applause, Applause and thanks to all of you who played along. On short notice you came
through with some of the best writing ever submitted to Clever. The
tales are all terrific in their gruesome way.
The Instinct to Flee,
by Nadja Bernitt
The Stranger,
by Susan P. Blevins
Minor Traffic Infraction,
by David Breitkopf
Of Mice and
Crows? by Bernie Brown
Creative Planning,
by Robert Burns
Who are the People in your Neighborhood?
by Ken
Carlson
Cold Calling,
by Glen Donaldson
The Killer Next Door by Anita G. Gorman
Florida Guy,
by Julian Grant
The Serial
Killer Next Door, by Dianne Kochenburg
The Nice Neighbor,
by Karen Kochenburg
The Happy Homicidal Hipster,
by Penny Pennell
The Serial Killer Next Door,
by Zaphra Reskakis
One Prisoner Too Many,
by Tom
Sheehan
I live next door to a Serial
Killer...
and I have a spelling disability, by Fred Steinberg
The Serial Killer...in my house,
by G.W. Willis-Brannigan
I Think I Live Next Door to a
Serial Killer,
by Doug Wren
Book Reviews:
The Book Report,
by the editor
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The archives will remain here for a bit. Some of the most interesting
writing over the years.
Archives:
Investigations, our extremely important research
Nature stories, saving the
environment one small step at a time
Travel Essays, armchair travel at its
finest
Humor
Archives, or look at the
following:
Relationship, senior and southern humor
Pearly gates and regional humor
One-liners
The Phantom's Page:
here's the editor's stuff
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Ongoing
collections:
Clever
Cooks, here it is, our recipe collection
Movie Review Archive:
A-C,
D-G, H-M,
N-S,
T-Z
Departments:
Publishing Guidelines, we are no
longer accepting submissions
About Clever, maybe more than you want to
know
A Message from the Editor:
occasionally the editor spouts off about something
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