A big hello to my biggest fans! :) Sorry it's been so long. I've got a number of poems to tell you about! Also, I updated the news on our websites recently (www.gardnercastle.com). "A Bottle of Blue G

I'm just so excited...my story is the cover of November's Mystery Weekly Magazine! This story has been a long time in the making. It has seen so many revisions and changes, and benefited from the help

Dawn Albright, editor of Polu Texni, kindly changed the illustration for my poem "Lifted" to a portrait of Dad. Check it out! http://www.polutexni.com/ (You'll have to scroll down to the Sept. 24, 201

I've gotten a bit behind in my posting--sorry about that! In the batch below, "Lifted" is about a dream I had about Dad. Imagine a glass elevator... "Soul Cakes" is a short story excerpt from a novel

Bill Glose, president of the Poetry Society of Virginia, was kind enough to film many of the readings at the Poetry Society of Virginia Awards Ceremony on April 28, 2018, in Somerset, VA. Here I am re

Welcome! Thank you so much, Faithful Readers, for joining me here! I'm so happy; your interest and encouragement really keep me going! Best wishes (and more writing news soon!), Adele