**"A highly original and engagingly odd book." - Brian Evenson, author of Song for the Unraveling of the World"...wondrous...mysterious...Connor lands plenty of stimulating riffs on themes of memory, love, and loss, all in lyrical prose and suffused with surreal imagery." - Publishers WeeklyAn "indescribable marvel" (Jonathan Lethem) of a debut novel from a brilliant new voice**The sun has disappeared from the sky. No one can explain where it has gone, but ...

At work, August's new job as a firefighter brings opportunity to model for a beefcake calendar. At home, a no strings hookup becomes a regular thing. The new man in August's life calls himself Memo. He eventually explains it's a nickname for Guillermo, and with that also reveals something a little bit shocking.When August is excluded from the calendar for reasons objectionable to some, word spreads throughout the town, and the community becomes divided. Memo says he can't take side...

Eli and Johnny shared their first kiss at a camp for the hearing impaired. Eli even gets Johnny to speak the word, kiss. They go their separate ways, but fate brings them back together on Valentine's Day twenty years later, where happily ever after begins.Or does it?For much of the time between summer camp and Valentine's Day, it was Eli and Casey, the best friend with benefits. Casey thinks things might be moving too fast for Eli and Johnny. Plus, the relationship...

After a reenactment weekend, Goose Tucker inadvertently brings home Civil War soldier Jefferson Eaves' diary and is shocked to discover Jefferson's spirit has come along, too.Through the diary, Jefferson tells Goose about his true love, Calvin, who was a former slave who fought for the Union. With no record of Calvin's death or service found, Goose figures Jefferson might not want to cross over until Calvin receives due recognition.Jefferson also speaks of an acorn planted ...

With another month of quarantine ahead, Dillon is depressed. Stuck with no one to talk to but the squirrel who visits his terrace for snacks, he's pretty sure June is going to suck. One morning, things start looking up when a pride flag appears on the terrace railing right across from his.Kit is up from downstate for just a month. He and Dillon hit it off and find a way to make the best of social distancing and the clothesline that runs from one building to the other. They even cel...

Chosen by a former Olympic swimmer to train for the 2016 Games as a pre-teen, Reed's journey begins. Along the way, he develops feelings for two childhood friends: neighbor Cal and lifelong rival Mathias. Cal's struggle with his sexuality brings tragedy. Mathias's wealth makes Reed feel as if they're from different worlds.As Rio approaches, Mathias becomes a gay sports icon, while Reed must hide his sexuality for a lucrative endorsement deal important to his family's future. Reed's...

They call police Captain Justice Becker a hero, but he feels like anything but. Unable to control or erase certain memories, he finds himself trapped in the past and alone.Ames Preston, a new cop at the precinct, feels an immediate attraction to Becker, and just as quickly, becomes a thorn in his side. When young Archie Wilkes comes running into the cop shop claiming someone tried to push him in front of a garbage truck, Justice isn't convinced it really happened, until a suspiciou...

From a tiny acorn grows a mighty oak, so it is with love. Undaunted by rain, snow, thunder and lighting, and even a tornado, Goose and Patrick weathered many storms from first meeting to marriage. By their side through it all, Jefferson and Calvin shared their own love story as Goose and Patrick's guides through the present and the past and their guardian angels in Heaven and on Earth.Contains the stories:Ghost Writer: Goose is finally allowing himself to fee...

What if everything has already happened, but only some of us can remember the future as well as the past?Sarah McLeod is put into a canoe on the Columbia River and sent to Red River to become the Victorian Era's vision of a lady. She is a half breed (their words). Her transformation is a raging success — so much so that she marries up-and-coming Hudson's Bay Company officer John Ballenden and becomes the leading lady of the settlement.You’d think that would ...

KZ spends his nights harvesting bat guano for Crimson Nectar Farms, a local orchard growing blood oranges. One night, while in the caverns, he comes across an injured bat he takes home to nurse back to health.KZ has a second job as a model on an adult webcam site. He starts chatting with a man there, Mac, who claims they share a past. Mac likes what he sees. The more they chat, the closer he and KZ become. But insecurity grows when Mac makes a derogatory joke about KZ's other work....

Sequel to 11-B: The Noisy NeighborSummer fireworks were undeniable, but Warwick needed time to deal with his past, so in fall, he and Dom went their separate ways. Even though fate intervened with an unplanned reunion on a flight to Europe that ended in a kiss, Warwick still took the planned break once back in England.With his head clear by winter, Warwick knows what he wants -- Dom. Dom feels the same, but his opera diva mother, who swears by romantic fables and l...

Warwick, whose name has a second W that's silent, also has a new neighbor who is anything but. The constant creak of bedsprings and headboard banging against the common wall has Warwick in 11-A wondering if the activity in 11-B is an occupation and not merely an enjoyable hobby.When Warwick finally meets noisy neighbor Dom, though fun, heat, and music ensue, uncertainty and questions remain. Some things are easily explained away by the sort of happenstance and misunderstanding sill...