{"id":10,"date":"2014-05-30T04:30:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T04:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maxtalley.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2024-07-06T14:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T21:12:32","slug":"read","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maxtalley.com\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jerryjazzmusician.com\/2021\/03\/short-fiction-contest-winning-story-56-celestial-vagabonds-by-max-talley\/\">\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Talley was stunned to have his story &#8220;Ruby of Hesperia&#8221; featured in <em>The Saturday Evening Post<\/em> in 2022.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdayeveningpost.com\/2022\/07\/ruby-of-hesperia\/\">https:\/\/www.saturdayeveningpost.com\/2022\/07\/ruby-of-hesperia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Talley&#8217;s story &#8220;Celestial Vagabonds,&#8221; of three jazz legends meeting for a secret recording session, won a Short Fiction Contest Award in March 2021, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jerryjazzmusician.com\/?s=celestial+vagabonds\">https:\/\/www.jerryjazzmusician.com\/?s=celestial+vagabonds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>Talley&#8217;s story of a neighbor dispute, &#8220;Paseo Tranquillo,&#8221; was published in Whiskey Tit in 2024.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeytit.com\/article\/paseo-tranquillo\/\">https:\/\/whiskeytit.com\/article\/paseo-tranquillo\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Talley&#8217;s 2021 &#8220;I&#8217;ve Got My Problems,&#8221; follows a mellow SoCal dude who can&#8217;t understand why the police, landlords, and current boyfriends of his ex- girlfriends are so determined to chase him down.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theopiatemagazine.com\/2020\/12\/30\/ive-got-my-problems-by-max-devoe-talley\/\">https:\/\/theopiatemagazine.com\/2020\/12\/30\/ive-got-my-problems-by-max-devoe-talley\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Talley&#8217;s 2020 &#8220;Transistor Man&#8221; is a day in the life of a wandering eccentric character who has a definite mission in life. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.litromagazine.com\/usa\/2020\/05\/transistor-man\/\">https:\/\/www.litromagazine.com\/usa\/2020\/05\/transistor-man\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Talley&#8217;s 2020 &#8220;Getting Lost Coast&#8221; essay reveals secrets of the Northern California, Mendocino Coast. <a href=\"https:\/\/atticusreview.org\/getting-lost-coast\/\">https:\/\/atticusreview.org\/getting-lost-coast\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Talley interviewed prolific Santa Barbara author T.C. 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