U.S. 1 Newspaper’s annual summer fiction issue, published July 25, features poetry and prose submitted by several West Windsor and Plainsboro authors. They will be introduced at a party on Thursday, August 16, from 5 to 8 p.m., at Tre Piani in Forrestal Village. The event is free and open to the public. Copies of the Summer Fiction issue will be available at the reception.##M:[more]##
Brandi Megan Scollins of Plainsboro, is the author of “Dates and Other Matters of Inconvenience,” a short story. An English professor at Mercer College and Thomas Edison State College, Scollins’ fiction has appeared in the Literary Review, Pleiades, Kelsey Review, and Folio. Her novels include “My Intended,” 2000; and “Floaters,” 2006. She is the vice president of Saga, her family’s computer consulting company.
Barry Grossman, a former Plainsboro resident, submitted “The Fall,” a poem. Now a resident of Monroe, he is co-owner of a staffing agency with offices in Trenton and Philadelphia and a member of Plainsboro Writing Group.
Piedad Bernikow of Plainsboro wrote “The Ice Cream Sandwich,” a short story. Bernikow is a lawyer, writer, public speaker, artist, photographer, and award-winning cook.
The issue included a poem entitled “Trash Talking Lunch” by E.E. Whiting of Plainsboro. An attorney working in the financial services field, Whiting also helps screen submissions for the Summer Fiction issue.
W. Eugene Claburn of West Windsor is the author of “The Recruiter,” a story about a serial killer and his victims. Claburn, educated at Harvard and Princeton, spent much of his adult life in Mercer County and retired in West Windsor.
Summer Fiction Party, U.S. 1, Tre Piani, Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-452-7000. www.princetoninfo.com. Cash bar. Thursday, August 16, 5 to 8 p.m.
