Laurie Winslow SargentPosts – Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com Author Website for Laurie Winslow Sargent Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:04:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/crossconnectmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/headshot2.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Posts – Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com 32 32 69683000 Unfolding Grandma’s Secret: An Antique World Map Journey https://crossconnectmedia.com/unfolding-grandmas-secret-an-antique-world-map-journey/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/unfolding-grandmas-secret-an-antique-world-map-journey/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:56:13 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=88552 Found! A 103-year-old world map, hidden in Grandma's steamship travel journal. This antique world map includes steamship paths and a color-coded chart indicating ruling nations in 1922. It follows the 51-day journey of my grandmother Gladys Gose (Pearce) from America to India in 1926.

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]]> Found! A 103-year-old world map, hidden in Grandma's steamship travel journal. This antique world map includes steamship paths and a color-coded chart indicating ruling nations in 1922. It follows the 51-day journey of my grandmother Gladys Gose (Pearce) from America to India in 1926.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/unfolding-grandmas-secret-an-antique-world-map-journey/feed/ 2 88552 Out now! Gremmie’s Reef: Classic Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1950s and 1960s (Reawakened Worlds Vol 1) https://crossconnectmedia.com/new-book-release-gremmies-reef-with-seven-short-stories-revived-from-original-manuscripts/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/new-book-release-gremmies-reef-with-seven-short-stories-revived-from-original-manuscripts/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:48:18 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=88013 Out now! Gremmie's Reef: Classic Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1950s and 1960s (Reawakened Worlds Vol 1) published by WildBlue Press.

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]]> Out now! Gremmie's Reef: Classic Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1950s and 1960s (Reawakened Worlds Vol 1) published by WildBlue Press.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/new-book-release-gremmies-reef-with-seven-short-stories-revived-from-original-manuscripts/feed/ 0 88013 A Mysterious 1938 4th Grade Report Card https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-mysterious-1938-4th-grade-report-card/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-mysterious-1938-4th-grade-report-card/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:48:36 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=87658 Today's historical mystery is a 1938 4th Grade report card. It's a strange report, from an odd location--perhaps a boarding school?

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]]> Today's historical mystery is a 1938 4th Grade report card. It's a strange report, from an odd location--perhaps a boarding school?

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-mysterious-1938-4th-grade-report-card/feed/ 2 87658 A 1968 Letter from Damon Knight to Hayden Howard https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-1968-letter-from-damon-knight-to-hayden-howard/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-1968-letter-from-damon-knight-to-hayden-howard/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2024 21:17:02 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=87512 I’m holding a letter typed 56 years ago, signed by Damon Knight (1922-2002.) It was sent from The Anchorage, in Milford PA, to author John Hayden Howard. Damon Knight was a science fiction author who wrote over seventy stories and twenty novels. He edited the Orbit anthology series (see Knight in the Oregon Encyclopedia). Knight […]

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]]> I’m holding a letter typed 56 years ago, signed by Damon Knight (1922-2002.) It was sent from The Anchorage, in Milford PA, to author John Hayden Howard. Damon Knight was a science fiction author who wrote over seventy stories and twenty novels. He edited the Orbit anthology series (see Knight in the Oregon Encyclopedia). Knight […]

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-1968-letter-from-damon-knight-to-hayden-howard/feed/ 0 87512 In 1954, John Hayden Howard sold a story to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine for $400 https://crossconnectmedia.com/in-1954-john-hayden-howard-sold-a-story-to-ellery-queens-mystery-magazine-for-400/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/in-1954-john-hayden-howard-sold-a-story-to-ellery-queens-mystery-magazine-for-400/#respond Fri, 10 May 2024 00:11:38 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=87224 The Dipping of the Candlemaker was one of 18 mystery and detective stories Hayden Howard had published in the US, UK, and Australia. Later in the 1960s he became a popular science fiction author.

In 1954, the average pay for teachers was around 4K per year. A short story author, selling at least ten stories a year, could at least earn the meager pay of a teacher.

Here's a letter from Scott Meredith, John's literary agent...

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]]> The Dipping of the Candlemaker was one of 18 mystery and detective stories Hayden Howard had published in the US, UK, and Australia. Later in the 1960s he became a popular science fiction author.

In 1954, the average pay for teachers was around 4K per year. A short story author, selling at least ten stories a year, could at least earn the meager pay of a teacher.

Here's a letter from Scott Meredith, John's literary agent...

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/in-1954-john-hayden-howard-sold-a-story-to-ellery-queens-mystery-magazine-for-400/feed/ 0 87224 Grandpa and the Maharaja of Jaipur https://crossconnectmedia.com/grandpa-and-the-maharaja-of-jaipur/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/grandpa-and-the-maharaja-of-jaipur/#respond Wed, 01 May 2024 19:26:30 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=87181 The book The Henna Artist (by Alka Joshi) includes scenes set in the Indian palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur. That brings alive a 1920s invitation in my possession--from that maharaja to my American grandfather, J.K. Pearce.

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]]> The book The Henna Artist (by Alka Joshi) includes scenes set in the Indian palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur. That brings alive a 1920s invitation in my possession--from that maharaja to my American grandfather, J.K. Pearce.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/grandpa-and-the-maharaja-of-jaipur/feed/ 0 87181 We Specialists: a sci-fi story in the Reawakened Worlds, Vol. 1 anthology https://crossconnectmedia.com/we-specialists-a-sci-fi-story-in-the-reawakened-worlds-vol-1-anthology/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/we-specialists-a-sci-fi-story-in-the-reawakened-worlds-vol-1-anthology/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:03:57 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=87153 (John) Hayden Howard wrote his fictional short story We Specialists in 1967: three years after a horrific crime had been reported in the newspapers. Sixty years later, that case–and its reported “bystander effect”–is still discussed in countless psychology classes. While Hayden couldn’t possibly have known that specific case would still be discussed sixty years later, […]

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]]> (John) Hayden Howard wrote his fictional short story We Specialists in 1967: three years after a horrific crime had been reported in the newspapers. Sixty years later, that case–and its reported “bystander effect”–is still discussed in countless psychology classes. While Hayden couldn’t possibly have known that specific case would still be discussed sixty years later, […]

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/we-specialists-a-sci-fi-story-in-the-reawakened-worlds-vol-1-anthology/feed/ 0 87153 Gremmie’s Reef: in Reawakened Worlds Vol 1 https://crossconnectmedia.com/gremmies-reef-in-reawakened-worlds-vol-1/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/gremmies-reef-in-reawakened-worlds-vol-1/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:35:41 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=86951 In Gremmie’s Reef–a 1964 science fiction short story in the anthology Gremmie’s Reef: Classic Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1950s and 1960s (formerly titled Reawakened Worlds) by (John) Hayden Howard–a teen surfing off the Santa Barbara, California coast finds something bizarre. Previously published in If Worlds of Science Fiction, October 1964 (illustrated by Finlay) the […]

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]]> In Gremmie’s Reef–a 1964 science fiction short story in the anthology Gremmie’s Reef: Classic Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1950s and 1960s (formerly titled Reawakened Worlds) by (John) Hayden Howard–a teen surfing off the Santa Barbara, California coast finds something bizarre. Previously published in If Worlds of Science Fiction, October 1964 (illustrated by Finlay) the […]

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/gremmies-reef-in-reawakened-worlds-vol-1/feed/ 1 86951 The Tragedy of Henry Diddoh: a 1950s Frankenstein-ish story in Reawakened Worlds https://crossconnectmedia.com/the-tragedy-of-henry-diddoh-a-1950s-frankenstein-ish-story-in-reawakened-worlds/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/the-tragedy-of-henry-diddoh-a-1950s-frankenstein-ish-story-in-reawakened-worlds/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:30:42 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=86748 In John Hayden Howard‘s vintage sci-fi anthology Reawakened Worlds, Vol One–now re-titled GREMMIE’S REEF, Henry and Hank share a strange and untenable bond. This novelette by John Hayden Howard, written in 1951, kicks off this collection of stories with a bang. Or I should say, with a headset. Here’s the gist of the Diddoh story […]

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]]> In John Hayden Howard‘s vintage sci-fi anthology Reawakened Worlds, Vol One–now re-titled GREMMIE’S REEF, Henry and Hank share a strange and untenable bond. This novelette by John Hayden Howard, written in 1951, kicks off this collection of stories with a bang. Or I should say, with a headset. Here’s the gist of the Diddoh story […]

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/the-tragedy-of-henry-diddoh-a-1950s-frankenstein-ish-story-in-reawakened-worlds/feed/ 1 86748 Book Trailer for Reawakened Worlds, VOL 1 https://crossconnectmedia.com/book-trailer-for-reawakened-worlds-vol-1/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/book-trailer-for-reawakened-worlds-vol-1/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2023 01:29:08 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=86698 Here’s a fun little teaser for Volume One of Reawakened Worlds: Vintage Dystopian and Sci-Fi: This Reawakened Worlds video is for the first collection of short stories and novelettes by John Hayden Howard. I enjoyed compiling his vintage works as his literary estate executor, and writing the Foreword and Afterword. The second set of stories, […]

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]]> Here’s a fun little teaser for Volume One of Reawakened Worlds: Vintage Dystopian and Sci-Fi: This Reawakened Worlds video is for the first collection of short stories and novelettes by John Hayden Howard. I enjoyed compiling his vintage works as his literary estate executor, and writing the Foreword and Afterword. The second set of stories, […]

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