Latitudes
Hawaii Writers Guild Literary Review, Edition IV
Managing Editor: Bob Lupo
Editorial Staff: Eila Algood, Richard Bodien, Laura Burkhart, Duncan Dempster, Joy Fisher, David Fouts, Bryan Furer, Linda Heath, Mark Kelly, Cheryl Ann Farrell, Tamara Williams, Margaret Zacharias
We are pleased to announce the fourth issue of our Online Literary Review Latitudes
Welcome from our President
Aloha to our members and others who find their way to this, our fourth and latest edition of the Hawaii Writers Guild online literary review Latitudes. With the large variety of offerings, I am sure you will find something to your liking.
Please take some time to explore and enjoy the voyage sharing your favorites with friends and family.
Mahalo,
Diane Revell
President – Hawaii Writers Guild
Welcome from Our Managing Editor
Aloha all writers and readers and welcome to the fourth edition of Latitudes.
We’ve got a good one. It’s been a fruitful time for Guild writers. One-third of HWG members sent a total of 74 submissions across all 4 genres, and a good number of writers submitted multiple works, with 28 ultimately accepted for inclusion in Latitudes IV.
The diversity in themes and the range of writing styles are impressive, and the execution award-worthy, including some exceptional works submitted in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and a special fantasy presentation in Drama. I guarantee that you will laugh, cry, smile, and wonder, with more than a few tugs on your heartstrings.
My advice is hurry, get those specs on, curl up, snuggle, lean back on your favorite pillow, couch, or chair, grab that ice cold iced tea, and immerse yourself into provocative creative writing.
Special thanks go out to our hardworking and insightful Latitudes IV Staff without whom this publication would not have been achievable: Eila Algood, Laura Burkhart, Richard Bodien, Cheryl Ann Farrell, Joy Fisher, Dave Fouts, Bryan Furer, Linda Heath, Mark Kelly, Tamara Williams, and Margaret Zacharias. And kudos galore to Duncan Dempster, our indefatigable online guru who engineers the conversion of plain text to magic-on-the-screen display.
We hope you enjoy this fine collection of writing from our Guild members.
Mahalo,
Bob Lupo
Managing Editor – Latitudes IV
Collection Copyright in whole, February 2023 for IV release, by Hawaii Writers Guild.
Hawaii Writers Guild, an IRS §501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Hawaii, expressly forbids the gathering or use of any data contained herein for the training of, or use in any form by, Artificial Intelligence, including but not limited to Large Language Models and/or Generative Pre-Trained Transformer technologies.
Fiction
Obituary - Donna Beumler
Chapter 24 - Duncan Dempster
Rescue Divers - Steven S. Foster
Buddha Days - Bob Lupo
Waiting For Fran - Carol Prescott
Deuce - Wendy Wilson
Trading Babies - Margaret Zacharias
Nonfiction
Reflections on the Sacred - Joy Fisher
Gangs - Gwyndolin Gorg
Moving Day - Angela Leslee
Growing up with The Flintstones and The Jetsons - Donna Maltz
Sailing the Maisha "Dance of the Sea" - Carla Orellana
Eclipse of Ancient XI'an - Carol Prescott
A Long Way to Santiago - Heather Rivera
Fearless Farming - Diann Wilson
Poetry
A Lost and Found Me - Gwyndolin Gorg
Universal Woman - Gwyndolin Gorg
A Breathless Encounter of the Cosmos - Gwyndolin Gorg
Lamentations - Sharon Ludan
Lamentations 2.0 - Sharon Ludan
Descent and Rise - Diane Revell
A Love of the Unremarkable - Dave Fouts
Since the Cat Left - Michael Foley
In the Lychee Orchard - Michael Foley
The Shadow of Mila's String - Michael Foley
Gone For Good - Cheryl Ann Farrell
When War Comes - Cheryl Ann Farrell
Drama
Alyssia and the Golden Harp - Jan Asch