The Ravensperch
No More Excuses by Loren Stephens
Loren's essay No More Excuses was recently published on The RavensPerch.
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Tulsa Review
Poor Johnny One Note
Loren's short story "Poor Johnny One Note" was published in the annual 2024-25 edition of the Tulsa Review Issue 11.
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Image: Petal to the Metal | Lily Elrick | 3rd Place, student art contest
PENNSYLVANIA LITERARY JOURNAL
Readings for Long Road-Trips
Loren's essay "The Meyer Trilogy, Baruch Ha’shem" was recently featured in the Pennsylvania Literary Journal Fall 2023 Issue: Readings for Long Road-Trips.
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ACROSS THE MARGIN
Read This, Not That
Loren published an essay Read This, Not That about her recent travels to Scandinavia. Featured on Across The Margin October 18, 2023.
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Umbrella Factory Magazine
Honeymoon in Hayti
Leo Daughtry's and Loren Stephens' co-written short story was recently featured in UMBRELLA FACTORY Literary Magazine's Issue #60 April 2023.
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EVENING STREET REVIEW #30
Mugwort and Madam Tamae
Loren published a short story Mugwort and Madam Tamae, featured in Evening Street Review #30, Summer 2021.
This short story is a "sidebar" to All Sorrows Can Be Borne. Madam Tamae is the quintessential wicked step mother who makes life hell for Ichiro and his sister. Story appears on p. 78.
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Reading Between the Wines
The Difference Between Being a Ghostwriter and Writing for Yourself
Loren published an essay through Reading Between the Wines Book Club about her career as a professional ghostwriter before writing All Sorrows Can Be Borne.
May 10, 2021
Hudson Reporter
15th and Adams Corner Where My Father’s Hoboken Paints Stood: Then and Now
Loren published a short story 15th and Adams: Corner Where My Father’s Hoboken Paints Stood: Then and Now which appeared in the Hudson Reporter February 9, 2009.
Loren's Other Essays & Short Stories
Burning Nettles
Fear of Flying After Erica Jong
Burning Nettles
Let's Pretend
Fear of Flying After Erica Jong
Burning Nettles
Fear of Flying After Erica Jong
Fear of Flying After Erica Jong
Passover holiday sparks memories of years gone by
Passover holiday sparks memories of years gone by
Passover holiday sparks memories of years gone by
Passover holiday sparks memories of years gone by
Dividing Day At the Grand-Hotel Du Cap- Ferrat
Passover holiday sparks memories of years gone by
Dividing Day At the Grand-Hotel Du Cap- Ferrat
Floating in Arashiyama
Passover holiday sparks memories of years gone by
Dividing Day At the Grand-Hotel Du Cap- Ferrat
Finding Hannah in Budapest
Finding Hannah in Budapest
Finding Hannah in Budapest