W. Bryan Smith's short story "What is Missing" is featured in the current issue of Conte: A Jouranl of Narrative Writing (Volume V, Issue I).
The Editors describe "What is Missing" as a tale that "leads us down a path of obsession, less troubling for its peculiar nature than for the sheer force of will (Smith) imbues it with."
The story can be read online at (www.conteonline.net)
Conte is a web journal that aims to promote the art of telling stories. We founded it on the belief that real narrative, in both prose and poetry, is often the best vehicle for communicating feelings, ideas, and experiences in a way readers can truly internalize. We hope to keep Conte unique by offering captivatingly fresh revelations through storytelling, penned by authors who share our love of a good yarn.
Sarah Thompson has ten days on Maui to find her lifetime after lifetime soulmate. She is certain he is waiting for her there on one of the last remaining land masses of Mu still above water.
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
Celts and Kings: The story behind the mystifying disappearance of the Celtic Earls in 1607. The story of a lost love and Celtic Spirituality.
The story of a forbidden love going back 400 years.
The story steeped in Irish history, Ce