What's Next?

A peak into the next few months here at the Lost & Found Story Box

Release Date: November 19, 2024

Man, these first five months have flown by, haven’t they?

Before I start, I want to extend a huge “Thank You!” to each and every one of you who has been reading along, sharing your thoughts, comments and questions, and generously supporting this space and my passion for genealogy, local history, lost and found stories and storytelling. I hope you have been having as much fun as I have!

I opened The Lost & Found Story Box with “Call Me a Bastard”, the remarkable story of Aimee Henry and Mary Martha Parker, and I have been overwhelmed by the positive feedback and comments from all of you. This was a project I worked on for several years, and, as I’ve said elsewhere, perhaps the most research-dense writing project I’ve undertaken in my 40+ years as a writer, thus far.

I’m super proud of the work I did and the finished product, and hope it continues to go out into the world and find new audiences.

(As a bit of housekeeping, I’ve created a permanent link to the complete series here. Feel free to share it with others!)

But, now it’s time to move on to some of the other lost & found stories I’ve collected over the years, and I can’t wait to share them with you in the coming months.

Some of the stories are short and will be told in just a post or two, while others will be shared over several weeks. At this point, I haven’t written any story that will carry on for more than a month until April 2025, when a new months-long serialized story similar in form to “Call Me a Bastard” will (hopefully) be ready to share will you all.

Oh! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 3 when I’ll begin sharing one of the most delightful and magical lost & found Christmas stories I’ve ever come across!

I’ll continue to publish new stories on Tuesday mornings (MST), however, since most of these shorter stories won’t require bonus content, Friday posts will be few and far between. I’ll also occasionally post random Thoughts having to do with something I’m working on or come across. You can find those posts here.

Moving forward, I’d love to hear what kinds of stories you’d like to find here at The Lost & Found Story Box.

• Do you want more Gilded Age stories, or do you want a good mix across time?

• Should I stick with American stories, or are you interested in lost & found stories from other places, as well?

• Would you like to read about true crimes? Disasters and tragedies? Epic adventures? Historic events?

• Do you prefer shorter stories of a post or two or would you rather have longer serialized stories that take a month or more to unravel?

• Is there a specific topic or theme you’d like to see consistently explored across multiple stories?

• Would you like to have more stories about an individual, or would you prefer stories about families, neighborhoods, communities or other groups of people?

Drop your thoughts in the comments or send me a DM.

And, if you know of a good story just waiting to be revived, researched and retold, I’d love to hear about it, as well!

Again, I can’t thank you enough for all the love, friendship, encouragement and support I’ve felt from each of you since opening The Lost & Found Story Box back in June of 2024. This started because I wanted to find my people, and I’m happy to say I’m finding more and more of you every day!

If you aren’t yet a subscriber, I’d love to have you join me here today. Your support means the world to me and the community we are building is just the best! Thanks!