Writing workshops like Critique Cafe' provide a place where writers can get out and talk to people who have the same passion they do for the written word, and hear their own words read out loud. There are published and unpublished writers, inspirational fiction writers, non-fiction writers, mystery writers, opinion writers, fan-fiction writers, bloggers and poets at the Critique Cafe'. Some drive for a few blocks, some for more than thirty miles to be there each week. The selections in this book are from the writers who are current members, as well as the winners of the Summer Writing Contest held by the workshop.