Our Abiding Heritage: A Collection of Diverse Short Stories

This publication is a testimony of the sixth year a group of authors assembled their collective muse to create an anthology celebrating the short story. The last five years' collections, Celebrating the Short Story, Over the Moon Travel Treasures, 2020 Vision, Coming of Age, and Second Chances, contributed significantly to advancing the craft of Christian fiction writing in Louisiana. This year, ten authors have collaborated to produce the outstanding collection of diverse short stories you're now viewing, Our Abiding Heritage. The ten short stories in Our Abiding Heritage are as diverse in technique and theme as our previous years' writings; nevertheless, they are united in the fact that a heritage element is common. We invite you to take notice of the techniques used by this array of talented authors to weave those heritage-related appearances into their stories. These ten adventures will take you to places you have never been. C.D. Sutherland's Enough takes you to Golgotha and the crucifixion of Christ as witnessed through the eyes of Stephanus Longinus, a young Roman soldier. Priscilla Adams' debut short story, Gemini Legacy, drops you into the chaos of a fast-paced love affair, where the soon-to-be bride discovers her fiancé's family curse. Jann Franklin's The Backup Beauty Queen pulls you into small-town Louisiana festival culture, where family, enthusiasm, and talent collide with laughter. Marguerite Martin Gray's The Thread Uncovered examines a tendril through Sophie Lucy Marteen's life, revealing how family relationships do not always require blood ties. Carole Lehr Johnson's Heritage of Hope takes you to seventeenth-century England to show how Melior Olford, a character in her 2022 release, The Burning Sands, came to be married to Radigan Atwood. Beverly…