PEORIA -- For a good read, try Downstate Story, the literary magazine affiliated with this blog, PeoriaStory. Here's a news release:
Ten
new short stories by Illinois and Midwestern
writers, illustrated with original art, are featured in the 2009 edition of Downstate Story, Peoria's only literary magazine.
The
downstate Illinois writers in this issue are
Pepper Bauer of Mapleton; Maria King Carroll of West Peoria; A. R. Braun of Pekin; John Pollard of Peoria;
and Connie Stepe of East Peoria.
Illustrations
are by Braun, who illustrated his own story; Ed Levene of Peoria
and Amy Frasca of Champaign.
Other writers are Marie Anderson of LaGrange; Elaine Tuman and Kent McDaniel of
Chicago; Arlynn Presser of Winnetka and Dick Bentley of Amherst,
Ma.
Published
by Downstate Story, Inc., an Illinois
not-for-profit corporation, the magazine aims to present original fiction by Illinois writers and writers with ties to Illinois and the Midwest
as a quality alternative to today's mass-market publishing. It costs $8 and is available at bookstores
and gift shops, or can be ordered from the publisher or website.
The
publication makes an interesting gift from the region, and is easily mailed.
In Peoria it's available at the Lakeview Museum shop. It also can be ordered from the website.
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