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Black Cowgirls were prominent in the American West
There were black cowgirls in the American West In the episode of Family Matters titled The Good the Bad, and the Urkel, Carl Winslow (Reginald VelJohnson) dreams he is in the Old West, where Rachel Crawford (Telma Hopkins) runs a saloon. This led me to wonder if there were Black cowgirls or African American female saloon owners in those days.
By Cheryl E Preston4 months ago in FYI
Echoes of Loss. Content Warning.
[TW: family conflict, mental illness, suicide] A frantic scratching comes from the front door, echoing through our living room. Claws scrapping against hard wood. A sound I know well– Bilbo, our cat, trying to get in. Bilbo died a year ago.
By Scott Christenson🌴4 months ago in Fiction
The Curse of the Sotkari Ta
As you all might remember from my review of Whitney Hill’s The Shadows of Otherside, I have been a freelance editor and beta reader for a few years. In this piece, I wanted to introduce you to another of the fantastic indie authors I’ve worked with and the book series that she’s brought into this world: Maria A. Perez (a new writer to Vocal) and her romantic space opera trilogy The Curse of the Sotkari Ta.
By Stephanie Hoogstad4 months ago in BookClub
#3 Panic Monster, Be Gone... 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Thirteen-year-old Bailey Daniels slowly walked up the carpeted hallway of Swan Lee Christian Middle School and headed towards her fourth-period history class. Her baby blue Jansport backpack felt like it had a million bricks in it; in reality it had three textbooks, a notebook, a calculator, a yellow highlighter, a mechanical pencil and two ink pens in it.
By Tiffany Gordon4 months ago in Fiction
Trapped!!
This is the life, Niobe thought to herself after a long day of setting up the trailer by herself. It was weeks of planning to get to where she was to finally camp at her favourite campground not to far from home. Her dad parked the RV for her, set up the essentials and left!
By Leslie Strom4 months ago in Fiction
SWS: Somewhere Between Here and There Challenge Winners
Some poems show up in the middle of things. You’re halfway through a step, or catching your breath before the next word, and suddenly it all feels clear. That’s exactly where this challenge took us.
By Vocal Curation Team4 months ago in Resources
Dear Ouija Enthusiasts
Dear Ouija Enthusiasts (humans), Halloween season is upon us, and as usual, many of you fools will venture upon Ouija encounters. While my comrades and I have no objections, due to last season's hike in spirit board related fatalities, we decided to put our thirst for naive souls aside momentarily and issue a one-time set of guidelines, outlining specific dos and don'ts, followed by a non-exhaustive list of repercussions for adamant opposers.
By Marilyn Glover4 months ago in Fiction
