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Thank you for visiting  Just Between You and Me, a venue for my previously published short fiction and blogs, the occasional news bit, new stories and clearing house for announcements regarding can’t miss local and regional literary events.


Wayne Cresser lives on the island of Jamestown in Narragansett Bay with his wife and dog. His work has appeared in nine print anthologies, most recently 20 Anthology (Carlow University Press 2024), online at Review Americana, Jerry Jazz Musician, Open: Journal of Arts & Letters and Story, and in such print journals as The Ocean State Review and SLAB. His chapbook, Here Comes Herodotus, Again! (and other microhistories) was published as part of the O: JA&L 2021 Chapbook Series. His most recent collection of short stories called The Book of Norman, is available now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Lulu and Rakuten Kobo. 

He was co-creator and managing editor of shaking like a mountain (later Shaking) from 2007-2011 and a contributing editor at the Ocean State Review from 2014-2017. |  More about Wayne

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And try to remember, Just Between You and Me is not only about my work, but also it is about artists and events associated with this place, the vibrant literary community of Southern Rhode Island. Although I try to do as little labor as possible here, labor I must and labor I do.

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Poetry, Flash fiction, Short Stories by Wayne Cresser along with news of artists and literary events associated with the vibrant literary landscape of Southern Rhode Island.

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The Book of Norman, short stories by Wayne Cresser

“The Book of Norman” is a fresh collection of interconnected short stories by Wayne Cresser. In these eighteen stories, Cresser reveals the life of main character Norman Winters, from childhood through adulthood to a look at the world from just beyond the grave. To paraphrase the great comic, these eighteen stories dealing with such topics as sibling rivalry, bullying, forgiveness, mercy, and love at first sight, promise readers many “a laugh and a tear.”

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Here Comes Herodotus, Again! (and other microhistories): Reduced. Time to scoop up the last copies of this little item. I’m happily reducing the price to $7, 2 for $12.00 for as long as they last.

Here Comes Herodotus, Again! (and other miscrohistories), is a forty-page chapbook comprised of 14 short stories which examine how life unfolds in wee doses.

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Cresser cover copy

Here Comes Herodotus, Again! (and other microhistories): Reduced. Time to scoop up the last copies of this little item. I’m happily reducing the price to $7, 2 for $12.00 for as long as they last.

Here Comes Herodotus, Again! (and other microfictions) is a collection of 15 flash fiction pieces that was selected by the Open: Journal of Arts and Literature for their 2021 Chapbook Series.

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