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"Two Kings" wins 2008 Dayton Daily News Short Story Contest

From "Two Kings"

"As soon as Maggie drove over the last rise in the corrugated road, she gasped. All the way down from Dayton, she hoped Estep had exaggerated when he called this morning. Two weeks ago, when she'd walked the Adams County property with the local contractor she hired to remove several trees, the limbs of which threatened the cabin, she'd felt anxious without truly knowing why..."


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Ed Davis Stories Included in New Anthology
Two stories by Ed Davis appear in Mountain Voices, a collection of stories, essays and poems which illuminate the character of the legends, the land, and the people of West Virginia. This is a diverse anthology that will appeal to many people interested in the spirit of West Virginia, and is now available from Author House for $13.98. All royalties generated from sales will go to West Virginia Writers Inc., a not-for-profit organization that promotes writing at every level in West Virginia and beyond.

Mountain Voices is available for purchase on the AuthorHouse Web site: http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=38604, where you can also read an excerpt from Ed's story. You can also order from the Book Order Department at (888) 280-7715, and the anthology will be available for sale through thousands of retailers nationwide soon.

 

Recent Press
A recent cover story about Ed Davis and The Measure of Everything appeared in the Dayton City Paper, April 19 issue.


Book Review
Scott Geisel's review of The Measure of Everything appears in the January 19 issue of the Yellow Springs News. Scott Geisel is a writing instructor at Wright State University and the co-editor of MudRock: Stories and Tales.


The Measure of Everything, a new novel by Ed Davis--Now Available
"A story of two men and a village who find their heart's desire--and their family roots--in their own backyard." --Krista Magaw, Executive Director of Tecumseh Land Trust
 
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Recent Press
A recent newspaper article about Ed Davis appeared in the Yellow Springs News.


New Resources for Writers
Ed Davis shares his advice to aspiring fiction writers in Whitehall to Wood Thrush: Adapting a Novel from Real Life (PDF) and The Best Brandy: The Appalachian Writer's Authentic Voice (PDF).

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