Doesn’t Mama know best? Karen broke up with her last boyfriend three years ago. Since then, she has not dated the same guy twice, and only one man in ten has received so much as a goodnight kiss as she turned him away. Karen is an artist, lives in a cluttered loft, and gushes over vivid sunsets. Her mother tells her she needs a husband. Mark still dreams of his almost-fiancée. His date book has been empty since he threw her out a week before he’d planned to ask for her hand. A math professor … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Just Three Dates by David Burnett
The Reunion by David Burnett
It is the fear of separation from everything she loves that brings Allison Bannister to the beach. She stops on the steps that lead down to the ocean. She is alone. The sun is setting behind her; the tide is rushing in, and dark water is licking at the bottom step. Off to the north, the lights of Charleston shine into the evening sky. To the south, a star twinkles as darkness descends on the barrier islands. Light and dark; good and evil. Reconciliation is not in the cards. Allison … [Read more...] about The Reunion by David Burnett
The Handfasting by David Burnett @DavdBurnett
Ten years had passed since they had joined hands in the ruins of the old abbey church. Standing before the high altar, they were handfasted in the Celtic custom, engaged to be married. A rose bush had bloomed beside the ruined altar. Stephen had reached out to caress one of the flowers. “I’ll find you,” he had said. “In ten years, when we have finished school, when we are able to marry, I’ll find you. Until then, whenever you see a yellow rose, remember me. Remember I love you.” In those ten … [Read more...] about The Handfasting by David Burnett @DavdBurnett
Book Excerpt: The Reunion by David Burnett @DavdBurnett
About your Book: It is the fear of separation from everything she loves that brings Allison Bannister to the beach. She stops on the steps that lead down to the ocean. She is alone. The sun is setting behind her; the tide is rushing in, and dark water is licking at the bottom step. Off to the north, the lights of Charleston shine into the evening sky. To the south, a star twinkles as darkness descends on the barrier islands. Light and dark; good and evil. Reconciliation is not in the cards. … [Read more...] about Book Excerpt: The Reunion by David Burnett @DavdBurnett
Is It True? – Guest Post by David Burnett @DavdBurnett
“Is it true?” Thirty-something years ago, I asked that question as I was reading Pat Conroy’s The Great Santini, a story about an abusive Marine colonel and his adolescent son. Perhaps it was the setting. The coast of South Carolina was familiar to me, and I could see surf and the marsh, the Spanish moss and the antebellum city of Beaufort against which the story was set. Maybe it was characters, who were familiar to a Southern boy. Maybe it was simply the fact that the story was told from one … [Read more...] about Is It True? – Guest Post by David Burnett @DavdBurnett
