A southern lit fan meets one of his heroes, thanks to USCB’s Lunch with Author Series.

It was my wife who alerted me to the press release regarding author Ron Rash’s visit to Hilton Head as part of USCB’s “Lunch With Author” series. It was an early birthday gift that she even told me about it, much less that she agreed to go with me.

Red Piano Too hosts Annual Summer Show, featuring the work of Shirley “SA” Hunter.

No mistake about it - it’s summer time on Saint Helena Island with heat ‘n more heat at the Red Piano Too Art Gallery’s Annual Summer Show. Be sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, August 4, 2012 from 1-5 pm at the gallery “Where Art is Joy.”

Short Story America, the Beaufort-based publisher of great short stories by current and classic authors, has announced that its acclaimed first anthology, The Short Story America Anthology, Volume I, is now available on Kindle. This 580-page collection of 56 short stories by 46 top authors has been called “literary fiction at its best” and “better than Best American Short Stories” by reviewers.