Welcome to June in Saragun Springs. (Image of perhaps the last pay telephone in the northern hemisphere)

As stated long ago, the FC’s of the Springs do not work on Sundays. Here, as opposed to the real world, the “Boss” is the only one who dons the yoke on the Sabbath. The Union of Imaginary Friends and Fictional Characters (UIFFC) used to include Pennames until it was pointed out that “we” are the reason why “they” felt a union was needed in the first place.

Bastards.

But I was still bothered by the open day that I can never use. Then inspiration came out of Chicago. I asked Dale Williams Barrigar (no stranger to the Springs, yet free of UIFFC tyranny) if he would like to present a weekly Sunday column of his design. And my luck was in, he said yes. The column, which I think Dale should introduce, soon, will begin this month, and I for one look forward to it.

Last month featured the first ever Guest Writer Week. Dale was the guest artist and he set all kinds of site records for views. This month the final full week of the month, Monday through Friday the 23rd to 27th, is reserved for Mr. Douglas Hawley.   If any of you would like to get material out into the world, mainly poetry, I invite you to put in for a Guest Week. Email saragunsprings@gmail.com and maybe that can happen.

Currently, other than the newly minted Sunday and Guest Weeks, other days will feature poetry by members of the realm M-W (with further help from Dale) and novel length works by yours truly prsented in a serialized fashion.

Every Saturday in May I presented a novel in progress called You Remembered Everything. I have decided that I need more breathing room to do it right. Further half-assed chapters will not do. Tentatively, chapters five through eight should be ready for July.

But in the meantime, I will be running two novellas that are already completed. The first, INRI will appear this coming Saturday 7 June. It is based on material published on Literally Stories UK, with new material and a different structure. It is the first little “book” in a series that (I hope) will make one big book. It will be published one chapter at a time, every other day until completion. This should buy me the needed hours for the current project.

Once again, an invitation to everyone (preferably everyone who follows the site) is extended to appear on the site one week during future months. July is the next opening. Send your poems, stories, essays to saragunsprings@gmail.com and I will be happy to share you with my dozens of readers (well almost that many).

Again it goes without saying, but it will be said anyway, hateful stuff that touts the KKK, Nation of Islam or celebrates the anniversary edition of something like Mein Kampf will be shown the trash button so fast it will be like the stuff never was. Same goes for pornography and Unabomber-esque manifestos.

Good Sunday to all,

Leila