Strait is the Way
Listen to an interview about this piece here. I wish I had stopped my mom from talking to the hardcore punk band at that rest stop in western PA. I will stop my mom from…
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First Place: The Ward Organist
Listen to the Out Loud audio version of this fiction piece here. Listen to the interview about this piece here. Never learn to play the organ, the old woman told me. I should call her…
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Certain Places
He folds his sash, his apron, his robe. Stacks them on the cold laminate counter. Places the cap on top. Slides the sacred items into the white cotton envelope. The fabric is thin and the…
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The Darkest Abyss in America
Thy mind, O man! if thou wilt lead a soul unto salvation, must stretch as high as the utmost heavens, and search into and contemplate the darkest abyss, and the broad expanse of eternity—thou must…
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Gentle Persuasions
I I often went with my father on home teaching visits when I was ten and eleven. I don’t remember why his companions were never around. I suppose they were inactive. Back then, inactivity wasn’t…
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Speculations: Wine/Oil
Christ was perfect. Christ turned water to wine at the wedding at Cana. Did Christ create the perfect wine?
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Dark Watch
“And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.” Isaiah 34:13 “I will make a wailing…
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Fast Offering
Welden Shumway wasn’t so much scandalized when Brother B left his wife and took up with a young gentile woman as he was confused. Why would a priesthood holder ignore his covenants like that? Welden…
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“The Ward Organist”: Award-winning Fiction in Winter 2022 Issue
So begins “The Ward Organist” an award-winning piece from William Morris now in lovely audio form as our Dialogue Out Loud #38. Listen in.
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Dialogue Book Report #19: Strange Mormon Fiction: Dave Butler and William Morris
Andrew is joined by authors Dave (D. J.) Butler and William Morris, to discuss their recent “strange Mormon fiction”.
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The Path and the Gate: Authors to Authors: Alison Brimley, Jack Harrell, and William Morris
In this episode of Dialogue Book Report, we delve into the craft of writing and the nuanced world of engaging a Mormon audience with three distinguished authors: Alison Brimley, Jack Harrell, and William Morris.
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