Lonely and Longing (1975) After Ruth left Sanctuary Ridge, Jacob was increasingly lonely. All he’d received from her was a postcard from New York City. Jacob was was social, but unknown. He pined for California. One day, about a month… Read More »Sanctuary Ridge Stories #4
Watch the video or read the full text below. A Clanging Cymbal (1952) Though Jacob Peterson was and is a man of disordered desires, he is not a liar. Not anymore. You may think a man of disordered desires is… Read More »Sanctuary Ridge Stories #3
Full text is below the video version August 1973 A Winnebago turned into the newly paved portion of the old gravel road to Sanctuary Ridge. The gate was open. David Peterson and his thirteen-year-old son Jacob stepped out of the… Read More »Sanctuary Ridge Stories #2
NOTE: This is my attempt to tell a fiction story as a “serial”—like was once popular in magazines and newspapers. The text is below the video option. –Mark Bair These stories are about a family, their house, and their land,… Read More »Sanctuary Ridge Stories #1
My review was first published on the Englewood Review of Books website. One of the tensions all readers face, whether we are writers or not, is how to have literary heroes and still cultivate our own perspective. We want to… Read More »Celebrating Mentors: A Review of Studying with Miss Bishop