Thanks -- That Special Word from the Editor

The Editor

People have found themselves here by invitation and by accident. Some people speak to say good-bye to an old friend and others visit to get re-acquainted with an important memory. Recently, I received an email from a reader who was struck by the similarities of her adopted father's recollections with Mr. Stender's and Mr. Slike's, a "sameness of the humor and the duplication of what each of them perceived as special and worth preserving in writing, (it) strikes me as funny and a little spooky."

Perhaps this collection does possess a common ground and an element of timelessness. Perhaps a glimpse of a reflection,some intangible...ghostly, spooky or just transcendent. Whatever it is, it's a wondrous journey...

And so, here's the latest publication of Camp Hill Stories, with new additions from first-time contributors Michael Hass and Cathy Petrillo, who stretch the borough's turf from the poignant to the surreal. If you haven't done so in a while, revisit the mythology of Alex Moyle's A Fish Story or the loving tribute to Nick Marshall by Maura Cowen. There's the poetry of Bob Kehew and Jesse LeFrancois or the pithy recollections of Lisa Gantt-Kennedy, Lee Fry, and Larry Kasper. And...of course, there's Andy Hawbecker's Elwood...

So explore and explore again. I know you'll enjoy the trip.

One last word from the editor to all the contributors and all the readers: thanks.

And keep those stories coming...