A Letter to Anna Bell accepted for new anthology

James Brega: What I Write Instead of Nothing

Have you ever driven up the California coast from San Luis Obispo to Monterey, knuckles white on the steering wheel as you fight for control of the car through hairpin curves? Have you ever dreamed that you had murdered someone and, upon waking, been unable to shake the conviction that it was true? Have you ever sung onstage to a packed audience, been robbed at gunpoint by a ten-year-old, laughed when it seemed— for a moment—that a famous author had stolen your mojo, wondered why we don’t drive steam-powered automobiles, or confronted your guardian angel at high tide on a gay beach once claimed by Pilgrims ? In What I Say Instead of Nothing, James Brega invites you to explore his real, imagined, and re-imagined experiences through his collected essays and short stories—a journey that will feed your nostalgia for life at the end of the twentieth century and remind you how desperately you wish that a great deal of it had never happened.

A Letter to Anna Bell accepted for new anthology

June 10, 2016

Originally published in Haunted Magazine, my Poe-ish mystery story “A Letter to Anna Bell,” has been accepted for the Graveyard Anthology to be published later t Graveyard 3 his year. Haunted ceased publication shortly after my story ran (no, I don’t think there was a connection) and their archives are no longer available, so the anthology will be a re-birth of sorts for “Anna Bell.” Looking forward to seeing it in print again! I’ll post another notice when the anthology is available.

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Alice Lowe Says:

June 10, 2016 at 2:37 pm
your cup seems to be runneth-ing over — deservedly so. This seems like a great (& more permanent) home for Anna Bell. I’m told these things come in threes … what might be next?!

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JLCastell Says:

June 11, 2016 at 11:01 am
Congratulations! Maybe now Anna Bell can rest in peace. Great job!

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James Brega: What I Write Instead of Nothing