My name is Hazel Hart, and I’ve been in love with writing since I was ten years old. I won’t tell you how many decades it’s been since I was that age, but I will tell you that I’ve written dozens of stories, long and short, along with a few poems. My spare room is filled with boxes of manuscripts and books for researching future stories. Some of my stories and poems have placed in contests, others have been published, and still others haven’t had an audience beyond critique groups.

Here is a sampling of what you’ll find here:

A small town police detective is frustrated by a woman who repeatedly confesses to murders she didn’t commit in “Confessions,” a story that placed third in the 2007 Kansas Writers Association short fiction contest.

A woman is intimidated by a man who takes the bus seat beside her and begins telling tales of government takeover in “Possibilities,” a story that placed second in the 2007 Kansas Authors Club short story contest.

A woman grows impatient as she waits for service in a hair salon in the poem “My Roots Are Showing.”