It’s 2024 y’all! I’m proud to kick the NEW YEAR off with this fantastic issue. I can’t wait to share the submissions selected for this month’s WELL DONE! section. Congratulations to Carolyn Haines, Angela Patera, Kimberly Parish Davis, Michael Spake, Jennifer Smith, and Ken Gosse for their submissions!
HELLO READERS!
I hope everyone is warm and safe. I can’t believe it’s February! There are lots of interesting columns in this month’s issue so let’s jump in.
Author, Tom Poland, interviews February’s Featured Author, Chuck Walsh, and it’s a great way to kick off this new issue. Robert Gwaltney & Jeffrey Dale Lofton introduce Deborah Goodrich Royce at INSIDE VOICES, Claire Hamner Matturro reviews Wreck Your Heart by Lori Rader-Day at CLAIRE CONSIDERS, and Susan Beckham Zurenda shares some pages at THE WRITER’S EYE with guest author Carolyn Hooker. Annie Mondesir is back at ANNIE ASKS and author, Vanessa Riley, has some great answers, Ann Hite brings us another great MOUNTAIN MAGIC, and Ray’s column, OFF THE PAGE WITH RAYMOND ATKINS, is one everyone needs to read.
We have another great round of submissions! Congratulations to Ashley Tunnell, Francine Rodriguez, David Anson Lee, Carol Van Den Hende, and Nancy Dillingham – WELL DONE!

THE FAVOR by Francine Rodriguez
WHAT THE BODY LEARNED EARLY by David Anson Lee
DEAR MR. TEN-SPEED by Carol Van Den Hende
LEATHERBRITCHES by Nancy Dillingham
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COMING SOON – WELL READ MAGAZINE’S BEST OF 2025!

WELL READ Magazine’s
Best of 2025 Volume One
Contributors in Volume One include: J. B. Hogan, Steve Putnam, Gregg Norman, Deborah-Zenha Adams , Rita Welty Bourke, B.A. Brittingham, Mike Turner, Leslie Zemeckis, Micah Ward, John Drudge, Jennifer Susan Smith, DeLane Phillips, Julie Green, Ann Hite, Mary Kendall, John M. Williams, Alaina Hammond, Jake Sheff, JoyAnne O’Donnell, Aaron Goodman, Dawn Major, Souad Zakarani, Zoé Mahfouz, Don Edwards, Celia Miles, Malcolm Glass, Neth Williams, Hubert Blair Bonds, Rickie Zayne Ashby, Francine Rodriguez, Rachid Toumi, Mike Ross, James Garrison, Mike Nemeth, and Robin Prince Monroe. Cover art, photography by Malcolm Glass

WELL READ Magazine’s
Best of 2025 Volume Two
Contributors in Volume Two include: Janet Clare, Mike Ross, Mike Nemeth, Patricia Feinberg Stoner, Colette Lynch, Karen Miller, Linda C. Rehkopf, Jeff Clemmons, Mike Coleman, Micah Ward, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, J. B. Hogan, Fhen M., Ken Gosse, Celia Miles, Cindy Sams, Robin Prince Monroe, Beverly Fisher, Rickie Zayne Ashby, Maria Mackas, Jim Cherry, Martha Ellen Johnson, Michael Lee Johnson, Donald Edwards, Alex Poppe, Janet Oakley, John M. Williams, Hubert Blair Bonds, Ellen Notbohm, Steve Putnam, Souad Zakarani, Mike Turner, Nancy Dillingham, and Saeed Ibrahim. Cover art, photography by Malcolm Glass
When you purchase copies of these great collections, you’re not only supporting the authors inside by reading and sharing their work – you’re also helping WELL READ with the costs of running a monthly online journal. We appreciate you!
