Claudette Cohen

2011-12-06T22:49:00.001-08:00

2011-12-04T21:22:00.001-08:00

2011-11-21T08:25:00.001-08:00

Now published!

"Not prominent enough"

2011-10-30T00:57:00.000-07:00

In 1855, the minister of Bethania Moravian Church in North Carolina made the following journal entry:

Yesterday word came of Becky Saylor’s home-going. Today at 11 the funeral was held, not very well attended. She was not prominent enough to bring the people together. Preached on Rev. 7:14,"

which was boilerplate scripture for a harlot.

This was one of the few journal entries made about my great-great-great-grandmother, who bore a son out of wedlock and held land in her own name even after she married. I became fascinated by this apparently very stubborn woman and wanted to write her story back into history.

The result is The Seasoning of Rebecca.

2011-10-30T00:53:00.000-07:00

Out of the 130 submissions received, my short story "The Mayor of Biscoe" was among the six finalists for the Linda Flowers Award. It's about a vet who loses himself and enters an alien world to find his way home. I've since made it into a screenplay.

New Anthology on Winston-Salem

2011-10-08T23:30:00.000-07:00

Winston-Salem today bursts with new life in its hospitals, its science parks, its colleges, its arts shops and galleries and its bustling downtown evenings; and yet bears witness to its long history. Taking Flight, Winston-Salem in Prose and Poetry, celebrates the city from its 1750's Moravian settlers to its 2010 ballpark, and features the winners of the Winston-Salem Writers' 2011 Contest - an open contest judged by Joseph Mills (Poetry), Ginger Hendricks (Flash Fiction), Leigh Somerville (Short Story), Anna Fields (Creative Nonfiction) and Emily-Sarah Lineback (Overall Winner). First Place winners were Robin Chalkley (Flash Fiction), Arthur Hondros (Creative Nonfiction and Overall Winner) and Claude Limoges (Poetry and Short Story). Other winners included are Barbara Engler Buskirk, Bonnie Davis, David Hill, John Korzen, Tony R. Lindsay, Kathy H. Mendenhall, Steve Mitchell, Ray Morrison, Bill Pfefferkorn and Jennifer L. Stevenson. The anthology is edited by Carol Roan and Susan Williamson.

Book for sale

2010-07-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

Short fiction piece to appear in The Cream City Review

2010-05-25T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Stepping into the Flood" was chosen to appear in next year's issue of The Cream City Review.

Look familiar?

2010-05-23T14:50:00.000-07:00

CLAUDE LIMOGES' photograph titled "The Visitor" was chosen as the cover photo for the current issue of the literary journal Up The Staircase. The photo was taken at Old Salem in Winston-Salem. More at http://www.upthestaircase.org/

Poem in StorySouth: The Lightning Rod Salesman

2010-05-01T10:22:00.001-07:00

The Lightning Rod Salesman by Claude Limoges, now appearing in StorySouth.

New poem up on FLOWERS OF SULFUR

2010-03-27T10:06:00.001-07:00

Check it out here.

Involuntary Intimate still running on Encore

2010-03-27T10:05:00.001-07:00

Check it out here.

Review the Preview

2010-03-12T14:10:00.000-08:00

A preview of The Seasoning of Rebecca is now up. Please take a minute to read it and write your thoughts.

New poem to appear in storySOUTH

2010-01-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

The poem “The Lightning Rod Salesman” will appear in the next (Spring 2010) issue of storySouth (http://www.storysouth.com/).

Exploring flash fiction

2009-09-27T23:37:00.001-07:00

With rewarding results.

So far, in flashes I've played with gamers, haunted curtains, spy cameras, hurricanes, sanitoriums, polar expeditions, magic realism, killing epiphanies, and fetishes.