was published in 2004 to avid acclaim as a trailblazer in the new genre instant or flash fiction. The book features 50 stories written, at the time, by new and upcoming writers. Many of those writers have now come into Continue reading
A memoir from the Wellness Community of Greater Boston is an anthology by writers whose lives were changed by cancer. These eight diverse essays, celebrate life’s simple pleasures, complicated relationships, periods of despair and moments of grace; and they illuminate Continue reading
is a delightfully funny and bittersweet jaunt through the pines of North Carolina to the mean streets of New York City as an ex-Marine muscles his way out of an unlucky tangle with the mob while he fights his way Continue reading
introduces the nation to professional baseball player Billy Overby, a hitter of the magnitude not seen since Ted Williams. In this topsy-turvy black comedy, Overby begins to question the nature of love and his own capacity for intimacy after he Continue reading
Stories and Recipes from Jovi’s kitchen : Sisters Jonnie Anderson and Wake Forest Mayor Vivian Jones have cooked up a delightful memoir and cookbook called Time Changes. They tell their life story through the numerous recipes that became fan favorites Continue reading
Against the backdrop of thousands of gawking and disorderly onlookers, a Franklin County Sheriff, oversees the public hanging of the Coley brothers for the murder of a Jewish peddler. On humid July, Friday the 13th, 1884 in Louisburg, North Carolina, Continue reading
A wise and rakish debut collection filled with landscapes of breakage but also rich seedbeds of redemption. Pam Calabrese MacLean’s signature image is perhaps the glass horse that, all its legs broken, “grew wings.” MacLean’s voice has enormous emotional range; Continue reading
A sinfully delightful collection of 50 short stories by established and up-and-coming writers from across the United States, Canada and South Africa. Melding art with craft, this delightful and sometimes scary collection explores lustful cravings, dirty tricksters, and the occasional Continue reading
This first novella by Win Neagle is a rollicking good read about a treehouse architect, his stripper girlfriend, a house-burgling germaphobe, a washed-up dentist and his shopaholic wife. It’s a rollercoaster of laughs in a zany, whimsical exploration of life. Continue reading
Play Them Bones introduces the strong and visceral poetic voice of Ladianne Mandel. These poems, written in the course of a challenging and difficult year, compel the reader into participating in a life and death struggle, exploring terrain that is Continue reading