“Things Every Southern Woman Should Know How to Make”

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Alice clicked on the headline, mildly curious about what yet another stranger thought should be in her kitchen repertoire. Pictures of China plates mounded with crispy fried chicken, greens, cobbler, and a pile of biscuits a mile high flooded the screen, all set off with a pitcher of sweet tea beaded with condensation. The table was set; an apron draped off to the side next to a box labeled “Gramma’s Recipes” in fine calligraphy. She closed the browser and put away her tablet. She was born a Georgia peach, but she couldn’t make a cobbler to save her life. Did that mean she wasn’t southern? Or maybe just not “Southern.” For Alice, there was no recipe box full of family traditions. Her younger years were filled with rental homes in different states and her father’s voice coaxing her toward a text book rather than a cookbook. Metalworking and fabrication held more interest than learning to flambé or sauté. Did it make her less of a woman that her cooking skills consisted of fresh salads...
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PitchSlam! 250 Word Critique Selections: Peeves Edition

Hi there, PitchSlammers! The Goblet of Fire was sent out for cleaning--can't have all that smoke tarnishing its shine! We tried to get a mandrake to choose, but frankly, we couldn't handle the shrieking. So we asked resident poltergeist Peeves to choose the 100 selections for this second feedback round.
 
To be honest, he didn't seem interested, but he enjoyed the brief moment of tossing the paper slips into the air. Until he shredded them, that is. These were titles left intact.
 
Titles are sorted by AGE category. Please read carefully to see if your title is included. Please remember that feedback is subjective.
 
Adult
THE DARK MATTERS
FOUR TRAGEDIES
THE REBIRTH OF LILLIAN ROSE
CIRCUITS
SETTLE THE SCORE
SERENGETI
 
BEAUTY BOUND
THE MAD BARON'S DOOMED DAUGHTER
AVA AND GRAHAM
KISMET FALLS
A FRAGILE STATE
FAE FAVORED
FINDING PERSEPHONE
 
COLLARED
THE GOLD IN THE RED DIRT
THE VALLEY OF ROSES
THE REMOTE PART
BAD THINGS COME IN THREES
SADISTIC
 
WINTER RAINS
THE PENDRAGON'S SON
INFINITY LINE
TIDES OF MAGIC
A SONG FOR SARAH MCPHEE
 
Women's Fiction
THE PERFECT WIFE
THE CONFESSIONAL
 
New Adult
MY SOUL TO GIVE
ASHES
ALETHIA
CHASING HAPPILY EVER AFTER
JESSICA ROSIO, PI
 
Young Adult
THE STOLEN GIRL
GLUTEN FREE
THE EVASION THEORY
A CURSE MOST WICKED
STORM COMPASS
THE OTHER PLACE
 
SKIN DEEP
FOUR WINDS FROM A TEMPEST
CLOUD 9
THE BLOOD PIRATE
LOVE STORIES
NAKELLE
THE DECEMBER STONE
AS SEEN ON EVIE
ECHO CHAMBER HEIST
 
AFTER LIFE
HASHTAG WITNESS
EMBERED FLAME
A COMPLETE LIFE OF ITS KIND
TOP SECRETS
RIDE THE LINE ETERNAL
RED
GHOST KARMA
 
SPIRITS OF SHAMBHALA
MUSE
SUN OF THE BEAST
HEADS OR TAILS
THE TRAVELER'S TRUTH
DEFINING NORMAL
MY GOOD ANGEL
 
THE GHOST FROM NOWHERE
GENESIS
PROTECTORS
THE MARK OF THE CARAIRAIN
THE CURSE OF JENNY GREENTEETH
LITTLE BLACK BOX
A TALE OF JACKETS AND PHONES
 
REMINISCE: CALL OF TWO ROADS
MISSION X
THE FIRST LAW OF LOYALTY
FIELD OF VIOLETS
STAGED
GLORYLAND
 
THE UTOPIANS
CUSTODIAN
FIREBIRD
HER GOLDEN CRIMES
THE STONE OF VIRTUE
SYD-PLY MISUNDERSTOOD
BAD BLOODS
RED RAIN
 
THE MEXICAN DREAM
THE LAMB
DIA DE LOS MILTON
 
Middle Grade
I'M NOT A ZOMBIE, BUT I PLAY ONE ON TV
SEARCHING FOR HOME
THE CHALLENGER
JEREMIAH STOUT AND THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN HARP
THE SHADED EYE
THE OSTRICH AND THE ROSE
 
THE TREASURE OF ZENO ARCHIMEDES SMITH
WHIMSY GRAYSE
THE NOWHERE STAIRS
PETDEMONIUM
SULTANA SINKING
 
THE GRYPHON RIDERS
FINDING ME
BUMPER MCGEE
WHEN YOUR BEST FRIEND WANTS TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND (AND OTHER HORROR STORIES)

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