Thursday, July 9, 2020

SMFS Member Publishing News: Joan Leotta


SMFS list member Joan Leotta’s short story, "Cottonwood Grove” appears in the new issue of Saddlebag Dispatches: Summer 2020. You Can read it here for free.



Synopsis:

For our Summer 2020 issue, we’ve pulled out all the stops to bring you the best and newest content around. Headlining things this time out is Pamela Foster’s exclusive interview with bestselling author Velda Brotherton. Then take a turn for the natural with Dr. Michael Lee’s fascinating history of the American Chestnut tree. Catch up with old favorites with profiles of classic Western movie stars Peter Fonda, Susan Cabot, and Rory Calhoun, as well as Cherokee Police Captain Sam Sixkiller. If it’s an escape you’re looking for, though, we’ve got that, too—just gallop into the exciting new chapters of our two exclusive serial novellas, Trouble in Lonely Valley by D.N. Sample and The Last Rider by J.B. Hogan, or a bevy of new short stories from the likes of Western writers Bob Giel, Sharon Frame Gay, Vicki Stevenson, Regina McLemore, David Bowmore, Neala Ames, John Keyse-Walker, Joan Leotta, Barbara J. Warren, and Gary Rodgers. You’ll find original cowboy poetry from Marleen Bussma and four-time Spur Award-winning poet Rod Miller, as well as more columns and features from our staff and some of your other favorite Western writers old and new, including our newest addition, Paul Bishop from the Sixgun-Justice podcast.  Saddle up and hang on tight, partner, you’re in for one hell of a ride!

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