$0.99 Sale: More Than March 28, 2023 483 More Than by Diane Barnes is on sale from March 28th – April 3rd for only $0.99. “You are obese, Mrs. Moriarty.” Peggy Moriarty is stunned. She knows she’s let herself go a bit, but she thinks her young, skinny doctor is exaggerating. Her husband’s death fourteen years ago left her to raise their twins,
Short Story: Between the Gardens March 24, 2023 290 by Claire Matturro Harold slumped in a red vinyl chair at the kitchen table, his cool cup of coffee shaking in his hands. “Careful, Hon,” his wife Rose said as she took the cup from him. She stuck a finger in it to be sure it was cold, then poured it out over the pot
Short Story: Between March 22, 2023 364 by Shawne Steiger Things that happen fast: Micah. His first steps. First word: Pretty. Turning three. Screaming, kicking, hitting while you try to breathe, try not to want to kill him, wonder what you are doing wrong. Outgrowing the sneakers you bought on last July’s garage sale shopping spree. You: Crying harder than him when you
New Release: Grace through Fire March 21, 2023 271 Special Release Day Kindle Price: $2.99. Grab your copy today! During a buffalo photo shoot, wildlife photographer Nikki Lancaster snaps a picture of an odd man who later follows her to her car. She races away, only to have a vehicle run her off the road and leave the scene of the accident. When the
Meet Nancy Yeager March 20, 2023 370 1. Your main characters in When We Were Friends are Frannie and Lexi. If you could meet them, what would you say to them? First, I’d tell Frankie and Lexi how proud I am of the journey they took to heal their friendship and repair their lives. Then I’d invite them to their favorite hangout, Patty’s Diner,
Meet Lily Black March 19, 2023 357 1. In your novel, Storm of Attraction, your heroine is a librarian by day and karate instructor by night. What made you think to give her such different vocations? I think many of us wonder what else we could be, what unlocked potential we have inside us. It’s not that we aren’t grateful for the good
Ten Great Books with Unreliable Narrators March 17, 2023 284 by Jamie Killen Enjoy having serious doubts about whether your narrator is being totally honest with you? Then check out these books with untrustworthy POV characters. Some are lying, some are insane, and some just don’t really know what’s going on: 1. The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp 2. You Should Have
Short Story: The Hymns We Used to Sing March 16, 2023 506 The Hymns We Used to Sing by Claire Matturro (previously published at Topical Poetry) We were civilized as we walked.The food we’d taken with us, mostlyCheese, bread and dried meats, we shared.There was water, and as we moved along,Some of the children sangHymns and patriotic songs.No one complained. We were kind to each other.Then the food
Preorder: Yeager’s Choice March 15, 2023 336 Yeager’s Choice is now available for preorder! Reserve your copy today! Milton “Cujo” Quattlebaum died on the side of mountain in Mexico. Or so Abel Yeager believed. Then Victor Ruiz gets a call from the State Department. The pilot is alive and incarcerated in a Mexican prison. This would be good news except for the
$1.99 Sale: When We’re Thirty March 14, 2023 376 When We’re Thirty by Casey Dembowski is on sale March 14th – April 1st for only $1.99. Two friends. One pact. The performance of their lives. Hannah Abbott is stuck in a dead-end relationship and at a job she loves but that barely pays the bills. The four walls of her tiny New York City
Meet Anna E. Collins March 13, 2023 392 1. Your creativity comes through in many ways—in addition to being an author, you’re also a painter and a woodworker. What kinds of things do you create? Do you construct furniture, or do you make smaller pieces? Or both? Yes, I’ve always enjoyed the process of creating in more areas than one. When I was
Meet Stefanie Spangler March 12, 2023 425 1. Your novel, Dark Designs, places two twin witch sisters in rural Illinois. What drew you to that location? I live in Central Illinois, so part of choosing the setting was just writing what I know. When people think of Illinois, they tend to think of Chicago, but Illinois beyond Chicago is really quite different, and I
