There's something about the Mastic peninsula that inspires its residents to write.

Short stories, memoirs, children's books, screenplays, novels — dozens of books, essays and articles have emerged from the word processors and typewriters of authors who hail from Mastic, Shirley and Mastic Beach.

More than a dozen writers — all of them graduates or former teachers from William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach — will gather Saturday at Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library's main branch in Shirley to meet fans, sign books and discuss their work. The event, "Stories That Started Here: Honoring the Storytellers of Our Community," runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free.

Some of the event's featured speakers said their hometowns played a crucial role in their decisions to pursue a ca

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