CONTEMPORARY CULTURE WRITINGS

WHAT MAKES A MAN ON A MOTORCYCLE SEXY?  - 536 words -2010


             DATING IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD  –  2010
             30 Articles (500 words each) and 60 Blogs (125 words each)


LIGHTING FOR COMMERCIAL USE  2008
              20 Articles (500 words each) and 40 Blogs (125 words each)

CIGAR MARKETING 20 ARTICLES  - 2008 459 Words
         20 Articles (500 words each) and 40 Blogs (125 words each)
         INCLUDING - DOES SANTA SMOKE A CIGAR OR A PIPE?      


BOOK

FRANÇOISE AND THE REVOLUTION – 200 pages -  
Historical Romance - Steamy       
This book depicts the life and times of everywoman Françoise Dubois, from her childhood in the farmland of France, to the court of Louis XVI, to the streets of Paris during the French Revolution. 

SHORT STORIES
THE ATAVIST by Minda A. Stephens 
©mindastephens2023 short story   2500 words
A Sunbelt basement dweller plans an attack on a local school. His vainglorious self-image is fueled by supremacist social media. Readers are asked to reflect upon the 1st and 2nd Amendments.  

THE DAY AFTER VALENTINE’S DAY-  1385  words
A young wife examines the relationship she has garnered with her
husband when she discovers his Valentine's Day gift to her.

         THE SNOWS OF SOUTH MIAMI BEACH – 1663 words
         A senior citizen from Brooklyn finds a way to pay her respects                to American casualties of the conflict in Iraq. *

THE WITCH’S STATEMENT – 1000 Words
From her statement to the police, a modern-day witch weaves her tale of revenge after she is victimized by a hostile neighbor

BLUE CARPET – 1512 Words
A murder mystery story about a woman who has reached the end of her tether in her suburban marriage.

        THE TRIAL OF PHRYNE BEFORE THE AREOPAEGUS – 3518                    words.  A renown Athenian courtesan is put on trial for  
               impiety  in ancient Athens.  Nominee for FWA's Royal                        Palm  Literary Award

TEMPEST IN A TEA KETTLE     Chapter 1 – 1098 Words
A round-robin work with Florida Writers' Association members from Orlando. 

MADRIGAL KNIGHTS (PARTS I, II, & III) – 1500 words each
Christmas Trilogy.  A brave knight discovers the conflicts of morality in his crusades experience and returns home to the estranged family he left behind.

SHORT-SORT STORIES

ODE TO THE FIREFLIES  - 521 words
A child's adventure with the reality in a dysfunctional family and the fantasy of fireflies.  

TWO SOLDIERS  - 471 words
After the 1986 explosion at Chernobyl, two American soldiers examine their private concepts of the term "enemy."


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Writer: Plays, Screenplays, Contemporary Culture 
Minda Stephens
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