Free Short Stories

Are you here looking for your Free Short Story – The Secret in the Old Quilt, where you don’t even have to give up your email address? That’s right. It’s completely free.

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The Porch Sitters’ Latest information comes out twice a month in the Poe Lakes Gazette newsletter with news, background, and recipes from Poe Lakes. Plus, you’ll get the latest on new releases by Camey Carson.

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Image of the header of the Poe Lakes Gazette, the newspaper/newsletter of Poe Lakes, Florida. The text in the image reads Issue 8169 | November 7, 2025 - Poe Lakes Gazette Weekly News Since January 1870. There is a dark wood sign with white text that reads Welcome to Poe Lakes Established 1869, Population 920. And a short paragraph about the town that reads "Poe Lakes is a fictional, small-town set in north central Florida where Southern Hospitality reigns supreme, gossip spreads faster than a charging gator, and recipes are a Southern lady's favorite currency bartered for favors, traded for stories, and treasured like the family’s sterling.    Pull up a rocking chair on the porch at the inn and join the fun, knowing that in this town, everyone will pass by you on Main Street at some point, and every secret–like a good casserole–bubbles up, eventually."