No one escapes fate without sacrifice, but is the price more than Carly is willing to pay?
"Every now and again, a story comes along that shakes up your world. Something that you didn't expect, or see coming. A book like this is why I read YA ..." Trisha Wolfe, Young Adult Author, YA Bound Book Blog
Abandoned by the world around her, Carly believes she is fated to a life of torment at the hands of her stepfather and is desperate for an escape. When she can bear the abuse no longer and gives in to a thunderous rage, she suddenly finds herself in an unfamiliar, yet...
No one escapes fate without sacrifice, but is the price more than Carly is willing to pay?
"Every now and again, a story comes along that shakes...
It's hurricane season, and for one Keys community, the weather isn't the only thing in turmoil. "It's starting already. There's something fierce out there stirring everybody up. This wind is going to blow the earth into the sea." At 86 years old, Opal, Bahamian matriarch and purported seer, tries to guide her family through the coming storms: JoBe, the nephew to whose drug activities she casts a blind eye; T.C., her teenage granddaughter who's experiencing her sexual awakening; and Pearl, her niece whose marriage is its own tempest. The Thompson family isn't faring much better. For Jessica,...
It's hurricane season, and for one Keys community, the weather isn't the only thing in turmoil. "It's starting already. There's something fierce out t...
Sure, being a courier for a secret, possibly terrorist society has its risks, but the pay was worth it. At least I thought it was until I was ordered to make a late-night run to Boston to meet an opium-addicted, vodka-addled contact, who blows the deal. Now I am being hunted as I hobble, injured through the streets of Beantown. When I discover a gun and my new assignment, I wonder if perhaps I made a bad career choice.
Sure, being a courier for a secret, possibly terrorist society has its risks, but the pay was worth it. At least I thought it was until I was ordered ...
At a time when the stories coming out of New Orleans sounded the same, we wanted to tell different stories-fiction inspired by New Orleans librarians who were struggling to put their libraries and lives back together. Writers and artists worldwide donated works for this anthology, which benefits Rebuild New Orleans Public Library. Contributors include: Silvia Barlaam, Donna Beltz, Tanya Bentham, Moe Biers, D.J. Black, Jason Burger, Greta Cabrel, Rachel Caine, Gwyneth Cooper, Peg Duthie, Matissa Evensong, S.R. Ferguson, C.A. Hiley, Bernadette Joseco, Julia Katz, Sasha Katz, Robert Kelso, Kim...
At a time when the stories coming out of New Orleans sounded the same, we wanted to tell different stories-fiction inspired by New Orleans librarians ...
Kristi Petersen Schoonover N. Apythia Morges Clint Orr
The past has a horrible habit of haunting us all.
Sometimes it surfaces in regret and a lifetime of what ifs. Sometimes, it is horrors made real in other-worldly beings hell-bent on revenge for wrong-doings.
Join authors Diane Arrelle, Marc E. Fitch, Andrea Hansell, Ann Liska, Derek Muk, Olga Munroe, Clint Orr, Terry Sanville, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, and K.W. Taylor as they explore the darkest deeds that keep us up at night, the past that cannot be undone, and the heavy chains these ghosts trap us in. This collection of literary tales gives life to ghosts, both real and...
The past has a horrible habit of haunting us all.
Sometimes it surfaces in regret and a lifetime of what ifs. Sometimes, it is horrors made ...
Death. He plays a cunning role in our lives. Sometimes he uses us to do his bidding; other times, we can elude him, play him for a fool. But in the end, he always wins. In this volume of the Ink Stains anthology, our authors examine both Death and death and the power and pain that can accompany it. Mackenzie Cox, Layla DeGroff, Miranda Forman, S.D. Hintz, Anna Mavromati, Bekki Pate, Holly Saiki, and Jon Steinhagen lead us through a journey of eight tales exploring our connection with death in both the mundane and supernatural realms.
Death. He plays a cunning role in our lives. Sometimes he uses us to do his bidding; other times, we can elude him, play him for a fool. But in the en...