Category: Literature & Fiction

In this humorous and heartfelt novel, a blueberry farmer teams up with a teenager in need to start a revenge business. What could possibly go wrong? In rural Ohio, the last connections lonesome Felicity Lavigne has to her late mom are the blueberry farm she inherited and her mom’s old phone number—which Felicity still calls every day. Until she gets a call back. It’s the number’s new owner, Alex Norse, a surly, homeless teenager who has aged out of the foster care system with no one to ... [Read More...]

Fresh out of a mental hospital, Jake returns to Lake Placid as the 1980 Winter Olympics ignite the town. Haunted by his friend’s death and the stigma of illness and poverty, he reconnects with former love Laurie. As USA faces USSR on the ice, Jake must choose despair—or peace within. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Twelve-year-old Ben panics when his parents don’t come home from work. Having been raised to believe that the police and CPS are the enemy, he will do anything to avoid foster homes for him and his sister. Unfortunately, their incredible journey to evade the authorities brings them into contact with people who may not have their best interests at heart. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

New Release! A kaleidoscope of flawed, searching characters, among them actors, writers, troubled artists, strive to make sense of themselves, their relationships, and their place in the world. “The sheer narrative daring in the title story… is superb.” San Francisco Book Review “acts of cruelty or betrayal coexist with moments of profound insight or aesthetic clarity.” Kirkus Reviews $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Charlie Chessman begged them to let him die. The paramedics who pulled him from the flames. The ER doctors who raced to mend his mortal wounds. The surgeons, psychiatrists, nurses, and physical therapists who reconstructed his burned and broken body. Assisted suicide the only way out, an unexpected question emerges: Is the life Charlie can’t wait to end also the life he’s been waiting to begin? $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

At once triumphant and vulnerable, this memoir in poems describes Tamara’s journey through surviving childhood neglect, becoming a mother, navigating grief, reaching new heights in her career, and ultimately, discovering herself. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

A simultaneously rough and tender exploration of the American experience in observational prose poetry that spans rural and urban existence, infused with the rhythms of the Mississippi Delta blues and perfect for fans of Demon Copperhead and This Tender Land. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]