Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - Cecilia Brainard' Fiction - My Mother's Skirts

 

I wish all my readers the best this holiday season! Blessings to you and your loved ones.

I am sharing with you a poem that appeared in the November 2024 issue of the Philippine Graphic.  I do not always write poetry so this is "rare" if you will. Further, the Graphic, along with Focus Philippines and Mr. & Ms. were some of the magazines that published my early writings, and so this publication of "My Mother's Skirts" is special to me.

You can still get a copy of the November 2023 Graphic from Lazada.  To those abroad, I am sharing this snapshot of the cover and page with my story. 

Tags: Christmas story, Cecilia Brainard poems, Philippine literature,  Cebuano literature 

Fiction Short Story "Friday Evening at the Seashore" by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

I'm sharing a story that's part of my first short story collection, Woman With Horns and Other Stories.  The collection is available in Kindle form  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EPYZ4Y ~ Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

FRIDAY EVENING AT THE SEASHORE

 by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

            Padre Zobel locked the rectory and, leaving the center of town, headed toward the seashore. He was a young Spaniard from the coastal village of Mojacar and he felt a special bond with the sea. It made his soul echo; it was home.