In (un)Familiar: stories, sid sibo's collection ranges across Wyoming wilderness to urban Dusseldorf, northern Minnesota's frozen lake country to southern Arizona's drought-stricken desert, and to Ireland's stormy west coast. What each piece brings to readers is a keen awareness of and sensitivity toward the other-than-human creatures sharing the planet. Climate chaos certainly plays its part in challenging the human characters of these various landscapes, and yet humans bring their own ch...

Finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book AwardFinalist for the National Indie Excellence AwardSet against the backdrop of a remote location in the throes of rapid development, Nik Delaney leaves a respected career in wildlife biology to return home to Wyoming. In the Rocky Mountain winter, every relationship Nik has wears even thinner as she cares for her aging father, faces a crumbling marriage, and parents Finn, the son of her antagonistic brother. Then ...

There's no place quite like Maine. It's Vacationland. The birthplace of L.L. Bean and the whoopie pie. Maine's landscape encompasses mountains, forests, beaches, islands, and even a desert! The winters are long and brutal, and the summers are plagued by black flies, venomous caterpillars, and tourists. But despite these challenges, and in part because of them, the people who call Maine home are some of the most generous, hard-working folks you'll ever meet. They never fail to show up (even...