VICTORIOUS BY DESIGN

Some stories do not arrive fully formed. They exist in fragments, in questions, in moments that never quite resolve the way we expect them to. They live in conversations left unfinished, in relationships that shifted without explanation, and in emotions we have learned to carry without fully understanding.

Not every writing journey begins with a book. For many writers, it begins with a single piece, a story, a reflection, or a moment that carries enough weight to be shared. That is often where anthologies come in.

Pamela Nance Johnson, born in Okinawa, Japan, now resides in Central Virginia. She spent most of her career in service to others. Pamela...