Shirrel Rhoades

Shirrel Rhoades is editorial director of The Saturday Evening Post. He became a fan of the Post as a boy … and its fiction instilled a love of reading that has lasted a lifetime.

Articles & Posts by Shirrel Rhoades

One-on-One with the Author: Gary Svee

Spur Award-winning Western writer Gary Svee was born to be a cowboy. But maybe he was a century too late.

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Christmas at Biltmore House

Biltmore House, an opulent mansion built in the late 1800s by George W. Vanderbilt, is a testament to wealth and luxurious living. With more than 250 rooms, it remains the largest private home in America.

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One-on-One with the Author: Ray Bradbury

Wanting to offer you a short story to celebrate the upcoming Halloween season, we turned to Ray Bradbury, the legendary fantasy writer and an esteemed member of The Saturday Evening Post’s Fiction Advisory Board. Bradbury is a wizard with words. Dandelion Wine was a magical evocation of childhood. Something Wicked This Way Comes offered chills [...]

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One-on-One with the Author: John Hemingway

When we decided to restore fiction to the Post, it seemed appropriate to turn to the current generation of writers, progeny of our long-ago contributors. So, we asked John Hemingway, grandson of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, to write an original story for you.

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