A neurotic collection of short fiction by Susan Wingate.

Even with her mother's death days away, even as her marriage is falling apart, Euly Winger leaves home, returning to the place she grew up in order to uncover a dark secret about her parent's divorce. On her search for answers, Euly meets up with an old family friend - now broken and drunk - who tries to seduce her in a trade for information. After rejecting his advances, she ends up breaking into her aunt's and rummages through her private records. However, after catching her, Aunt Moon tosses Euly out of her home. With no one else to turn to, she goes back to the drunk. When he ends up...

Featuring award-winning, bestselling authors like Michael Angel, Terry Persun and Joshua Graham, we have collected in this anthology a delightful blend of fiction authors known for their high level of creativity and plotting. ELEMENTAL, Volume 1, is a great gift for lovers of the short story, fiction and just darned good reading of any kind. Edited by award-winning, bestselling author Susan Wingate (author of "Drowning" and the "Bobby's Diner" series)

This collection of Susan Wingate's short poems discusses matters of the heart, the human condition and topics of nature such as in her poem that was first published in 2013 by the Virginia Quarterly Review Online, "The Dance of Wind in Trees." Touching and poignant, Susan Wingate's poetry will elicit imagery in the reader so provoking they will not forget her precisely selected words long after their reading. Susan Wingate's website can be found at susanwingate.com

WINNER OF 2015 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD Finalist Award for Inspirational Fiction. Once in a while a story comes along that resonates with the very essence of what we call "humanity," and speaks to readers of every age. THE DEER EFFECT is that story - a phenomenal #1 Amazon bestseller lauded for its artistic touch, its tender tapping at emotion, and its mesmerizing ability to speak to the hearts of readers around the world. "Circumstances unfold like an origami crane with exquisite details laid bare until at last the entire pattern is on the table." D Donovan, eBook reviewer (MBR) When...

When writing with intention and purpose, novelists often break the rules that beginning writers are told to avoid. "Tell Don't Show: How to successfully break the rules of fiction" was written to help those authors understand the rules so that they can successfully break them. The book has many examples of successful solutions that professional and award-winning authors have used to make their prose stronger without throwing the reader completely off the page. The three authors have each taught classes on breaking the rules of fiction, intentional writing, and many other aspects of how to...

After her father's death last year and, now, in the throes of a gnarly teacher's beady eye (as she thinks ahead to college), a small black arachnid bites fifteen-year-old Susie Speider on the finger and sends her nights into fantastical dreams about taking revenge on her teacher-a, one, Ms. Morlson-who, ultimately, holds Susie's college aspirations in the sweaty palm of her cold calloused hand. But, when Susie figures out the dreams are real, she ups the ante by visiting Morlson nightly AND... as the SPIDER And, oh, by the way Who is that cute boy spider munching on flies, hiding over there...

"Labeling Susan Wingate as Chick Lit is akin to accusing Steven King of freelancing for Harlequin ...a gritty little book, with outstanding characters and a plot that is so strange, I could actually see it happening in real life... written with panache... a great read and Wingate has done a fabulous job of both plot and character development... a book that has wide appeal... score 5 stars. I loved the plot, loved the characters, and ...can find no fault... and the story flows." -Simon Barrett "The narrator's voice is very genuine and compelling. Strong women are always appealing, and these...

"I found Muscle=Up to be full of useful tips and information, even for a card-carrying "pantser" like myself. Love Love LOVE that Character Chart Will be doing complete bios of all my characters in the very near future (something, as a Pantser, I haven't done yet ). All in all I think is a wonderful tool and could be very helpful to new and experienced authors alike." Author Aliya DalRae "Very good book. The book was well laid-out and easy to follow. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to other writers, especially new writers." Author Susan Finlay Susan Wingate's instructional manual, a...