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From the Dark Woods — A Halloween Flash Fiction Story (Tales to Terrify First Runner-Up, 2025)

Last fall, I entered Tales to Terrify’s Halloween Micro Flash Contest with a 238-word piece called From the Dark Woods. It placed as first runner-up, and the podcast version aired October 31, 2025 — you can listen to it here. I’m posting … Continue reading

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The Early History of Parley’s Hollow

Before it was a dog park, Parley’s Hollow was a corridor of work, water, rumor, and survival. This is the story of the Ute trail it began as, the Golden Pass Road that cut through it, the brewer who built an inn into the hillside, and the woman a neighborhood eventually called Crazy Mary.
A four-part Salt Lake history series by Jared Ray Conger. Available for reprint and freelance commission. Continue reading

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