Franklin Presents

AS THE PUBLISHING WORLD continues its decline, it becomes ever more difficult for young writers of quality to break into print. Yet those writers are there; I know. I meet them, teach them, advise them and help them in every way I can. Whether their genre is fiction or nonfiction, their committment is to reader enjoyment. Their stories will delight you, enthrall you . . . and change you.

Assuming, of course, that you get the opportunity to read them.

In this website section, Franklin Presents, I will attempt to find and post work from some of the best of this new generation of writers.

To writers who think their work deserves greater attention, click here for rules on submission. Those concerned with journalistic ethics might be interested as well.

To readers, well . . . watch this space.

Canticles for the Common Man

          What is the psychological distance between, say, humans and lemurs?  Too great, or so scientists believe, for us to dare wonder how they think.  To do that would be to anthropomorphize – to ascribe human thoughts and emotions to animals – and in science, anthropomorphizing is a cardinal sin. Still, a sin wouldn’t be a sin if it didn’t feel so right . . .
           Click here to read A Death in the Family

          The monster had lived inside Mrs. Kelly’s head for decades, its tentacles reaching deep into the brain toward what neurosurgeon Tom Ducker called “the pilot light.” As it grew, her life diminished. Today would set her free, one way or the other.
           Click here to read Mrs. Kelly’s Monster

         It is not easy to be black in America, but it used to be far worse.  When Wilk Peters was a little boy, Texas night riders paid his home a visit.  But as he grew into a man, he discovered that there was something even worse than being black.  Far worse.
          Click here to read The Ballad of Old Man Peters.

          You’ve heard of SARs, bird flu and ebola.  But what disease does public health officials fear most?  It rarely appears in the news, but you could ask Nurse Ho . . .
        Click here to read Angel of the White Plague.

For more selections from Canticles and Franklin's other writing, click here.

 

 

Who is Jon Franklin?

Jon Franklin was a pioneer in the "New Journalism" movement. He is most famous for his dramatic short stories that read like fiction but are absolute fact. He received the first pulitzer prize ever given in the category of feature writing and also the first ever awarded for explanatory journalism. To check him out, click here:

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