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FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Lee Juslin SECTION

by Lee Juslin

My name is Jacoby Koh or Jake to my friends and clients. I am a certified therapy cat, but not just any therapy cat, because, while there are many good therapy cats out there, I’m at the top of the therapy game.

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Yo Ho Yo Ho: A Pirate’s Life For You

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Arts & Entertainment SECTION

by Corey Ralston

Here Ye Mateys of Fresno. ‘Tis be the time where you can gather your treasure and head out to the thriving Pirate community of New Providence in the year of our Lord 1718. For two days Roeding Park will be transformed into a dastardly pirate’s school for all landlubbers.

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Host a Mother’s Day Tea Party

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Diana Bulls SECTION

by Diana Bulls

Nothing says Spring or Mother’s Day, like a tea party. Drinking tea was once a lost ritual in the U.S., but it is now making a comeback. The specialty tea market has grown and tea shops can be found all over, even in cities like Fresno! Tea can be sweet or savory, spicy or fruity and it has depth and flavor. Tea is for people of all ages, and especially for those people who like to feel warm and fuzzy on the inside.

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TV Flashback: Magnum, P.I.

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Deborah Harter Williams SECTION

by Deborah Harter Williams

A Ferrari 308GTS revs past scenes of ocean and tropical forest, a Detroit Tigers baseball cap, Hawaiian shirts, Higgins and “the lads”. T.C. pilots the chopper, Rick serves drinks at the King Kamehameha Club, the luxury of Robin’s Nest. For eight years, Thomas Magnum was on the case.

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Rat Tales: A Mother’s Day Brunch

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Rebecca McLeod SECTION

by Rebecca McLeod

Sitting round a table fashioned of a Q-Tip Box, the mother does enjoyed a late brunch, compliments of their offspring and indulgent owner. There were scrambled eggs, sliced fruit, and veggies with a little brown bread to round out the edges of the meal. As the hustle of snagging the best pieces of food died down, the does began to compare notes on Mother’s Day and how their individual sessions with their offspring had gone.

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If Mama Could See Me: A Mother’s Day Mystery Short Story

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Mysteryrat's Maze SECTION

by J.R. Chabot

I have my own room. Of course, since Mamma died, the whole house is mine. Mamma left me the house and the money. But this room is really my own. I grew up here. All my treasures and all my secrets are here. My father left before I remember, so it was always just Mamma and me. And now she’s gone.

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Pelican Spring: A Mother’s Day Mystery Short Story

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Mysteryrat's Maze SECTION

by Paula Gail Benson

The quest for scholarships is a rite of Spring, but in my twelve years as a law school admissions director, I had never seen a situation like this one.
I’d attended plenty of meetings with potential students, seeking to optimize their chances at partial or full scholarships. What I had not previously encountered was a student-parent-financial-package-tag-team.

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The Mama Factor: A Mother’s Day Short Story

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Terrific Tales SECTION

by Paula Gail Benson

For four months, in February of my sophomore year in high school– now almost thirteen years ago– I decided that for all practical purposes my life had ended at age fifteen. I wasn’t being overly dramatic, just realistic. What hurt the most was the fact that the end was my own fault.

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Topped Chef: A Key West Food Critic Mystery By Lucy Burdette:Review/Guest Post/Giveaway

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Cynthia Chow SECTION

by Cynthia Chow
& Lucy Burdette

Hayley Snow has finally begun to feel confident at her job as a writer and food critic for the Florida biweekly style magazine Key Zest, but she has yet to face the challenge of reporting a negative review for an established restaurant. Knowing how a poor review can financially devastate a restaurant, Hayley is guilt-ridden when she thinks of all of the hard labor and emotional investment a chef puts into his creations only to have it lambasted in print. However, three visits to Just Off Duval failed to show any improvement and leaves Hayley no choice but to write up a foreboding prediction of failure for the upscale new restaurant.

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Remembering Mama: Two Cozies and…well…Psycho

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Mysteryrat's Maze SECTION

by Sharon Tucker

In the interest of variety, it’s always fun to compare what is somewhat similar but is really so not. Why not examine two rather traditional cozy mysteries about rather traditional mothers—Mother’s Day is May 12, you know–and then look at Robert Bloch’s masterpiece about a different kind of mother altogether?

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Board Stiff By Kendel Lynn: Book Review/Interview/Giveaway

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Cynthia Chow SECTION

by Cynthia Chow

As the Director of South Carolina’s charitable Ballantyne Foundation, Elliot “Elli” Lisbon finds that the prestigious title that has her organizing events, acting as a liaison between the board and the Ballantyne family, and meeting donors actually entails acting like a camp counselor over feuding board members and their inflated egos.

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Fun Collectibles-Infusers: A Tea Time Necessity

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Diana Bulls SECTION

by Diana Bulls

Tea time and Mother’s Day seem to go together, so I immediately thought about the simple tea infuser. Once nearly extinct, but now making a comeback, this lowly little item was a necessity for brewing the perfect cup of tea. Infusers were around for a long time before the invention of tea bags. Sometimes called a tea ball or tea egg, by the time of Queen Victoria, no respectable British household would be without one of these, but before we get in to the nitty-gritty of tea infusing, we need a little history lesson on tea itself.

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Celebrating Our Centennial Part II: Transportation

FROM THE May 11 ISSUE

IN THE Hometown History SECTION

by Jim Bulls

America may have been a late comer to the industrial revolution, but the country had the advantage of possessing the raw materials needed to excel in manufacturing. The only thing imported was cheap labor. The industrialization of transportation began with the “horseless carriage.” These vehicles were propelled by three types power.

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Dangerous To Mess With: A Mother’s Day Mystery Short Story

FROM THE May 9 ISSUE

IN THE Mysteryrat's Maze SECTION

by J.R. Lindermuth

“Woman has no virtue,” Simon Kemble said.
Can’t rightly say I disagreed with him, but a sheriff’s got to take things at face value. Can’t go making accusations without proof or contributing to speculation on the nature of a person. I looked from Kemble to the girl seated beside him at his kitchen table. She sure matched the description of Mary Ann Hewitt.

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