Romance Magazine Vol. 04 No. 05

Contents

Wedding Vows, John Kaniecki: A prearranged marriage by the Queen of Heaven ends up in true love.

John Kaniecki in an author and poet. He has two poetry books “Murmurings of a Mad Man” and “Poet to the Poor, Poems of Hope to the Bottom One Percent.” In addition he has a science fiction collection entitled “Words of the Future.” He also has a horrer Novella “Scarecrow, Scarecrow” just released. John’s poem Tea With Joe Hill won the Joe Hill Labor Poetry Prize. John’s work has been published in over seventy outlets. John resides with his lovely wife Sylvia in Montclair, New Jersey. John volunteers as missionary in the inner city of Newark. John hopes one day his writing will have a positive impact on the world.

One True Love, Alan J. Porter: Synchronicity, fate, providence and destiny all came to three ladies, sitting on a park bench.

Alan J. Porter, artist and author, has the gift of clairvoyance, seeing into the future. All his predictions have come true. He has true stories that defy logic and belief. One of his true stories was a 17,000 mile journey to North America. This story, in 2005, was described in his book; My Journey With Joseph. Another vision in 2010 resulted in a three-year project to create an enormous six-metre wide painting. This vast work of art in the Renaissance style, will be taken to Palestine and Israel as, encoded within, it contains a message for peace.

A Novel Romance, Tom J. Perrin: Through a haze of books, coffee and boyish lust, Tom can’t see what is right in front of him.

Tom J. Perrin has over a dozen professional publications to his name, dotted around various magazine and websites. He is eagerly anticipating the release of his debut novella (due early summer ’16) and his first ever children’s book (due September ’16). You can find him online at tomjperrinauthor.tumblr.com/

The Forest Calls, John Taloni: Arisiana rose from village child to powerful sorceress to fight the forest’s evil and win her mentor’s love, only to have him betray her. Or has he?

John Taloni has been reading SF/F since he was eight and stumbled across a copy of Alexei Panshin’s “Rite of Passage.” His major influences include Anne McCaffrey and Larry Niven. He has been published in Jouth Magazine, Flash Fiction Press, Far Horizons Magazine, and has a story upcoming with Mirror Matter Press. www.starduststation.com

Walk Like a Turkey, Janet Wells: Though an artistic mail carrier hesitates to trust another man, the unconventional researcher who only socializes after dark tempts her; until, his secret complicates their rural romance.

Janet and her husband share their Western Pennsylvanian log house with two fat cats named for Jane Austen characters. After teaching students with learning differences, and raising two children, Janet revels in retirement. She stitches quilts, swims laps, photographs nature, and writes. She’s won second prize for a romance short story, and a general fiction short story; both with rural characters, in the Pennwriters Annual Writing Contest. Readers may check her weekly reflections on country life at http://janetofwellswood.blogspot.com/, or send comments to [email protected].