Heart Pound

HEART POUND is a collection of short stories, largely of fantasy and/or biography. A war veteran, a baglady, an elderly gentleman, a ventriloquist’s widow, a 19thcentury girl, a business woman, and other diverse characters attempt to deal with life’s provocative circumstances. Ms Bolton‘s early inspiration was Poe‘s The Telltale Heart. Subsequent stimulation came from writing groups with Barbara Follansbee of New York City and New England prize-winning authors, Pat Schneider, Patricia Lee Lewis and Cynthia Kennison.

RUTH BOLTON, former actress, puppeteer and costumed history interpreter, writes poetry, fiction and drama. The title story appears in Peregrine X111. Her poetry has won awards, and is published in Peregrine, Worcester Review and Sahara. She has created illustrated chapbooks of her work. Her play, Farmer Took a Wife, received two stagings. She is a painter with a BFA from RISD who loves to work with wood: she once designed a ski lodge and constructed its interior. She has two sons, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.