Several writers from West Windsor and Plainsboro were published in U.S.1 newspaper’s annual summer fiction issue on July 25. They will be celebrated at a reception for the writers and poets at Tre Piani, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, on Thursday, August 16, 5 to 8 p.m. Authors of prose will be introduced and poets will be invited to read. Visit www.princetoninfo.com to read their works.
Short Stories
Nikki Stern, Plainsboro, “Toby and the Keyhole.” Stern’s non-fiction work has appeared in national and regional publications. Her newest book, “Hope in Small Doses,” has just been released by Humanist Press. She posts regularly at www.nikkistern.com.
Barbara Cox, West Windsor, “The Road Called Benning’s Landing.” Cox, a painter, enjoys the inspirational scenery on the New Jersey coastline and farmlands. Her painting of a house at Cape May appeared on the cover of U.S.1’s fiction issue in 2011.
David Absalom, West Windsor, “Texas Jack.” A native of Burlington County, he moved to West Windsor in 2003. A new writer, he jokes that he hopes to make some cash to pay off a large volume of traffic tickets.
Phillip Altamore, West Windsor, “Unexpected.” He is a member of the West Windsor Senior Center Creative Writing Group.
Vicki Weisfeld, West Windsor, “Never Here When I Need Him.” Weisfeld, who began writing fiction seriously in 2005, has had short stories appear in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and U.S.1, and she completed a thriller set in Rome. Affiliated with the West Windsor Writers Group, she studies with Lauren B. Davis.
Poets
Lavinia Kumar, Plainsboro, “Millstone Brook.” A regular contributor to Poetry 24, she writes a weekly blog for seniorsmagazine.org and is an editor for PoetryWITS.
Ulli Arendt, Plainsboro, “The Reading.” Arendt, a freelance writer and volunteer at Grounds For Sculpture, is retired from Educational Testing Service. She and her husband have recently published “A Picture and a Poem.”
Elizabeth Akin Stelling, Plainsboro, “A Summer’s Kiss.” A transplant from Texas and Missouri, Stelling is a writer, chef, and activist. Managing editor of Z-composition Magazine, she has works published in Wild River Review, River Poets Quarterly, and NJ Monthly.
Ilene Dube, West Windsor, “Pent Up Demand.” A frequent U.S. 1 contributor and former president of West Windsor Arts Council, Dube works in public relations at James A. Michener Art Museum.
Gil Honigfeld, West Windsor, “Fallen.” The poem is part of “Business Blues,” an unpublished collection. Honigfeld, who spent most of his professional career directing clinical research programs at a large pharmaceutical program, later taught writing at Mercer Community College.
Barry Grossman, former Plainsboro resident, “The Naked Truth.” Director of business development for Cosmopolitan Staffing Services in Bridgewater, Grossman writes about day-to-day issues. He lives in Monroe with his wife and son.
— Lynn Miller
Summer Fiction Party, U.S. 1 newspaper, Tre Piani, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro. Thursday, August 16, 5 to 8 p.m. Introductions of and readings by authors published in the annual fiction issue, Wednesday, July 25. Open to the community. Free admission. Cash bar. 609-452-7000. www.princetoninfo.com.
