My entry for this years Pulp Literature poetry contest. Made the top ten. Sand Angels The afternoon sun produces little warmth. The ocean wind cuts with the pain of midwinter. Elderly couples walk their dogs along the sand, their beasts avoiding the rough rolling seas. Children wrapped in layers until near immobility are herded down […]
Read MoreVen al Norte By Ada Maria Soto It was a small stone that sent Diego tumbling onto the rocky ground, rolling beneath the thin soles of his shoes. As he fell the empty jugs made a dull thudding noise across his back. Overhead the sun beat down. He curled into a ball. He couldn’t find […]
Read MoreHere is a little story I wrote for a Lex Chase Flash Fiction Friday. OUTRUN THE STORM BY ADA MARIA SOTO It had been a year since the city had stopped watering the grass in the parks, letting it go brown and the ground hard. They had booked the park for the wedding well before […]
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This was originally published as part of Just One Bite, Volume Four, a short vampire romance anthology, put out by All Romance. The anthology is no longer available and rights to individual stories have reverted back to the authors. It was written in 2011. Just keep that in mind. Gathered Here This Night By Ada Maria Soto Simon leaned […]
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Pulp Literature Magpie Award for Poetry 2014 Honourable Mention Riverbank Autumn The walnuts split simply between two stones under the pomegranate tree. Winter We never found the toy soldiers sunk in the irrigation mud between one summer day and the next. Spring Mary mother in the garden. Pale stone and virgin, beneath the red […]
Read MoreQuite some time ago I wrote a little post about my first attempt to write science fiction and today felt like a good day to dust off that story and present it to all of you. So here it is, I hope you enjoy it, feedback in always appreciated. Two Eight Two By Ada Maria […]
Read MoreMy first novel is now available for FREE in various eReader formats through Goodreads. Here Whistle Blowing Former Navy medic Sebastian Thompson has classic good looks and a true blue heart. But that doesn’t mean he has the confidence to make a move on the gorgeous young blond who just breezed in to the Blue […]
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