BY: GLENDA BURGESS Two little girls, holding hands and singing in the back seat of a car. There for each other, unafraid. Life for the Stone girls is a life lived on the edge. Singing for a living, Marley and … Continue reading →
BY: GENIE SMITH BERNSTEIN The subtitle of this story collection, Telling Stories, proves this author’s craft of telling stories to you that are also telling for you. Buckle up tight as her short, smooth non-fiction explores the highs and lows … Continue reading →
BY: JACK SPROUSE When Frank Ross met Sarah Mayeux in high school, it was love at first sight. Little did she know when she married him, however, that fate had deemed the worst-case scenario for her, that she would lose … Continue reading →
BY: NANCY DEROSA In Just Desserts we find Emma Craven’s life has become more complicated and difficult to navigate. She’s student teaching and working at her husband Gary Parker’s restaurant, The Green Spruce Grill. An unexpected pregnancy has Emma’s head … Continue reading →
BY: ANOOP CHANDOLA Mutilating Women is the story of an honor crime. It follows members of the Kotwal Clan during the chaotic months before and after Indian independence in 1947, a time of upheaval and of hope. The members of … Continue reading →
BY: JACK SPROUSE Texas dairy farmer, Alton Kemper, has a life changing experience following the death of his son Jim, a soldier in World War II, when he decides he has to live again for his grandson. Alton’s grandson, Jimmy, … Continue reading →
BY: MARY JANE BRYAN Due to unusual circumstances, when Misee Sue makes a “miracle” catch, allowing her high school baseball team to win the state championship, no one sees it. Everyone thinks she’s lying—there was no way she could have … Continue reading →
BY: JACK SPROUSE Rick Bennett and Elizabeth Meadow fell in love in their senior year of high school and knew they could never live without each other. But they both had dreams. Elizabeth planned to find a cure for heart … Continue reading →
BY: LARRY BIELAT In the summer of 1982, Jim Bradley is diagnosed with cancer. When surgery is unsuccessful, he is given six months to live and placed in a nursing home. He hates the nursing home and wants to leave, … Continue reading →
BY: DANIEL J. BARRETT Fired at age fifty, dumped by his wife and grown, college-age children—his wife moved her lover, a UPS deliveryman, into the house as soon as Jack left—Jack Manning is humbled beyond words. Six months later, he’s … Continue reading →
