{"id":447,"date":"2020-11-30T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/?p=447"},"modified":"2021-03-31T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:48:11","slug":"memory-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/memory-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Memory Lane&#8221; &#8211; a short story collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Memory-Lane_LR_600x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-444\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Memory-Lane_LR_600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Memory-Lane_LR_600x900-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I was collecting short stories, I thought it might be fun to gather up some of my non-mystery shorts. <strong><em>Memory Lane<\/em><\/strong> contains a handful of <em>historical <\/em>short stories, written when I learned about some past event and wanted&#8230; more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/LaurynC-MemoryLane\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Memory Lane<\/em><\/strong><\/a> includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Memory at Lascaux<\/strong><br><em>With the world covered in ash and clouded in despair, there are only two choices: lie down in the ash, or find a way to survive. And perhaps, a way to thrive\u2026<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Stolen Moments<\/strong><br><em>In the long-ago days, when the Old Gods walked freely among the men of Midgard, Eirik Alreksson gained their attention and favor.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>El T\u00edo Supay<\/strong><br><em>On their way to work each day, the miners of Bolivia routinely say prayers and pay homage to the statue of The Virgin Mary in its niche outside the mine, asking her blessing in their labors. But when they enter the mine, the miners make a second offering. There, beyond reach of the light of day, they leave their gifts of coca leaves, alcohol, and cigarettes at the shrine of El T\u00edo, the Devil of the Mine.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Last Sigh of the Moor<\/strong><br><em>There is a place, outside the walls of Granada, and in the shadow of the mighty Alhambra, where history tells us the city&#8217;s last caliph turned and wept at the sight of his beautiful, lost city\u2026 and, perhaps, at the loss of the friend who betrayed her.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Unflattering Portrait of Jiang Zhaojun<\/strong><br><em>The daughter of a merchant, and lady-in-waiting in the Emperor\u2019s court, Jiang Zhaojun is recorded as one of the \u201cFour Beauties of Ancient China.\u201d But she is not celebrated merely for her beauty, but also for her bravery.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Fences<\/strong><br><em>This story of the American West illustrates the conflicts between a group of homesteading farmers and the local cattle ranchers.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Memory Lane<\/em><\/strong><br>Available in print and ebook from your favorite retailer:<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/LaurynC-MemoryLane\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/books2read.com\/LaurynC-MemoryLane<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I was collecting short stories, I thought it might be fun to gather up some of my non-mystery shorts. Memory Lane contains a handful of historical short stories, written when I learned about some past event and wanted&#8230; more. Memory Lane includes: Memory at LascauxWith the world covered in ash and clouded in despair, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/memory-lane\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;Memory Lane&#8221; &#8211; a short story collection&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1rVMc-7d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camdenparkpress.com\/laurynchristopher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}