Welcome to My Part of Dix's Website

Albert Morrow, a Marine Corps veteran, educator and freelance writer, has feature stories and articles in the newspapers of Rust Media and the magazines of Best Version Media.

Morrow won a First Place award at the White County Creative Writers Conference of 2024 for his story “The Cursed Cabin of Cat’s Holler.” In 2023, he received an Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for his novella “Widow’s Lament.”

He lives in an historic river town in southeast Missouri with three cats who don’t get along.

Meet the Writer

Reading a story excerpt at an event.

On vacation in London.

I was almost abducted while reporting on a convention.

The Wyrd of the Writing Raven

Other Writings of Albert Morrow

In this blog I chronicle the progress of my book through the publication process, offer writerly advice from my own experience and share some of my fiction.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

As a freelance writer, I have written articles on everything from church bake sales and high school graduations to historical research and human interest feature stories. My most popular story was one I wrote after attending a UFO convention.

Novels

The Long Goodnight

(Awaiting Their Turn at Publication)

Sagebrush Songbird

(In Contests or Submitted to Magazines)

(That Deserve to be Published)

The Caves of Malice

Widow's Lament-- An Honorable Mention in a 2023 L. Ron Hubbard contest

A Long Time Coming--Submitted to Story Magazine

On a County Road Darkly--In Writers of the Future Contest

Freedom!--Submitted to Apex Magazine

Vengeance for an Angel--In Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Contest

The Cursed Cabin of Cat's Holler--Submitted to Saddlebag Dispatches Magazine

Novellas

Short Stories

The Brimstone Burglary