I’ve helped out with Kevin Marshall‘s charity fundraisers in the past. You know me. Bloggers support bloggers. But this time, if I’m going to contribute to his newest worthy fundraiser, I wanted something extra-special in return. See, Kevin is trying to raise $1,000 for New York Special Olympics, and if he reaches that goal he…
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A revision of my original 1985 college senior thesis; a fantasy novel about a 1970’s low-minor-league baseball team and the discovery that one of its members may have come from another time.
Christmas in Iverhill: The Snow Fort of St. Timothy
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Monday, December 24th, 1973. Port’s alarm clock rang at 8:00 a.m., with that same bang-bang-bang bell-ringing that married 8:00 a.m. to the end of sleep. …
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: The Dinners
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Monday, December 24, 1973. As Eugene Raveler loaded another metal dinner tray in the back seat of his car, he grumbled to himself about working…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: The Green and Orange Flag
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Friday, December 21, 1973. Magedoma Lumber, the last major employer in the town of Iverhill, had already shut down for the day, with only a…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: The Night it Rained in December
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Sunday, December 23, 1973. The decorations covered every storefront along North Main Avenue, each bauble and bangle covered with a thin film of grimy glaze.…
Read MoreReturning to Iverhill this December
Last summer, I rewrote a senior college thesis into a serialized blog novel, The Robins of Iverhill. I published it, chapter by chapter, as blog posts in the Times Union. And later, it was published in paperback form. Now I’m returning to the Adirondack lumber town for Christmas. And I want you to join me…
Read MoreA Dream Comes True … in Paperback
It’s 1982. I declared my major in college – creative writing – and immediately immersed myself in the works of William Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Geoffrey Chaucer and every other writer of a long-ago time. I knew what was coming up for me, though… as a creative writing major, I would be required to…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 31 – The Finals
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. My name is Genvieve McCarling. Nearly 40 years ago, I was the manager for three seasons for the Iverhill Robins of the Intrastate Baseball Association,…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 30 – Packing
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. My name is Genvieve McCarling. I’m the manager of the Iverhill Robins, and right now it’s the last game of the season. We were tied…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 29 – Dairy
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy…
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