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This video trailer is so representative of WHAT THE MIRRORS KNEW. I hope you enjoy it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the Mirrors Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2025 Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase REVIEW:  I delight in reading this new novel by South Carolina author, Linda Annas Ferguson. Linda has authored and published 5 collections of poetry and was a past recipient of the Poetry Fellowship of the SC Academy of Authors. That is evident in her first novel, which reads like poetry. I literally love her words. They are so delicious: "All was transf

Hi Everyone, I am so excited today to receive my first in-print review of my new novel, WHAT THE MIRRORS KNEW. Okay, it looks long for a social media post, but it's less than 1,000 words. Or, you can read it firsthand on this link (such wonderful magazines in my native state of North Carolina). Thank you, Stephen Smith . I am truly humbled by your review. This article appears in the November issues of Pinestraw and O'Henry Magazines:  Pinestraw Magazine https://pinestrawmag.c

Jammin’ with Janis Joplin The first thing you think of is sex when you hear her scorch the air with “Honey, get it while you can.” But we all know “It” was more than that. She was only 27 when she checked out at the Landmark Motel, the fourth of October, 1970, closed her eyes, snapped the heels of her blue leather boots as if she were Dorothy nearing the narrow yellow brick road. She didn’t stick around to see if the Lord would buy her a less meaningful Mercedes-Benz, (the la

I'm excited to have my new poem "On the Way Home" featured in this month's PINESTRAW MAGAZINE, which serves eastern North Carolina, my home state. It will also appear in O'HENRY, their sister (or brother) magazine, as well. On the Way Home from my father’s funeral, a mime is performing on the corner, laid out on the concrete like a corpse, pulling herself up with an invisible rope as if hope were a cliff to climb, then levitates over a pretend chair as if preparing to eat, dr

Such good fun, food, and conversation at Famularis. Lots of nice families with children and pets, and plenty of readers.

What a great time at Fam's Pizza last night for "Books and Beers," sponsored by Charleston Friends of the Library. The venue was outdoors, attracting families. ( as their name implies) with children and pets. I love how many readers were there. Don't you find it mysterious how the mirror captured one of the guests?

Thanks to the group, Readers and Writers, in Columbia SC for hosting me and my debut novel, What the Mirrors Knew, today at their luncheon. It was great fun.

What fun and great food.