Love Notes

Love Notes

“Is it weird that I left a card stuck in the door for the guy who lives in the apartment downstairs?” I asked, picking at a corner of the nail polish on my thumb. I was sitting on a stool at the local coffee bar, nursing my third cup of coffee in as many hours. My...
The Diner Things in Life

The Diner Things in Life

[title subtitle=” WORDS Dwain Hebda IMAGES courtesy featured restaurants”][/title]  A few years ago, a group of us spent some time in Fort Smith attending the Old Fort Days Rodeo. After a particularly entertaining evening on the grounds, we were looking...
Scrap Paper Hearts – Part I

Scrap Paper Hearts – Part I

[title subtitle=”WORDS Liesel Schmidt IMAGES Africa Studio/Shutterstock”][/title] This is the first installment of a two-part fictional story. Part two will be featured in our November issue.   She’d been fine until she saw it. She’d been strong,...
Remembrances

Remembrances

[title subtitle=”words Sarah Phillips”][/title] One could say it was the friendly people, the wide aisles, or even the soft lighting that kept her coming back to Belle Star Vintage Market time and time again. Or that it was the way that each and every...
One Summer In Judsonia

One Summer In Judsonia

[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell”][/title] In the summer of my twenty-second year, just as the corn and tomatoes were coming to life, a man found his way to me. He was driving a gold and brown Ford LTD. He was wearing polyester pants the color of...

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