Summer Storm and Other Stories

About the Book

During the fi fteen years Glenda Baker was the publisher and editor-in-chief of NEWN, she read and critiqued hundreds of short stories. She also wrote many of her own. This volume contains twenty-two of Glenda’s stories—from short (21,000 words) to short-short (about 1,000 words) to flash fiction (52 words total) in which Glenda addresses subjects such as:

After doing a favor for his boss, how does a man end up in an maze he can’t find his way out of?

What would happen if a contemporary kid created a golem?

What secrets do three generations of women learn about each other while on a weekend trip to Cape Cod?

How far will a passive-aggressive woman go if pushed to the limit?

About the Author

During the fifteen years Glenda Baker was the publisher and editor-in-chief of NEWN, she read and critiqued hundreds of short stories. She also wrote many of her own. This volume contains twenty-two of Glenda’s stories—from short (21,000 words) to short-short (about 1,000 words) to flash fiction (52 words total) in which Glenda addresses subjects such as: After doing a favor for his boss, how does a man end up in an maze he can’t find his way out of? What would happen if a contemporary kid created a golem? What secrets do three generations of women learn each about each other while on a weekend trip to Cape Cod? How far will a passive-aggressive woman if pushed to the limit? Glenda Baker is a graduate of the Famous Writers School, Clark University, and the 2001 Maui Writer’s Retreat, and a member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and Sisters in Crime. She has won prizes for her fiction, poetry, and personal essays. She is the author of Because It Works!, a compilation of articles on all elements of writing fiction and personal essays. Visit Glenda at www.nenmag.net and at www.glendabaker.com.