"Tell Me Something Before I Show You is a triumph, a deeply compassionate, honest, and hopeful book, filled with humor and grace and characters that navigate life's uncertainties with wit and tenderness."-Andrew Porter, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and author of The Imagined Life and The DisappearedDarkly funny, intimate stories about secrets, shame, and the strange tru...

Simple Songs for the End of the World is a remarkable odyssey navigating the turbulent waters of dread and despair and regret while discovering that dignity and hope are resilient and the best medicine of them all.-Michael Loyd Gray, author of the story collection The Space Between Now and Then, and the novel The Writer in ResidenceThe world is ending. Gus is dying. So he does what he's always done: he writes songs...

Wade Capp is a twenty-year-old college student who has sworn never to return to Carvel Ohio or to Arthur, the father he hasn't seen since his mother's fatal car accident. When Arthur's attempted suicide leaves him in a coma, Wade learns that he has the sole legal authority to remove his father's life support. Wade returns to Ohio with Jeanine, his closest friend and occasional lover, where they encounter Matilda, the only person in Carvel who cares if Arthur lives or dies. Intercut with Ar...

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill SubsDelight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rig...

A frozen corpse leads a detective to a deadly family in this psychological thriller by the author of Mostly Murder.BAD OMENHomicide detective Claire Morgan has a bad feeling when a man’s body is found in a Missouri State Park. The crime scene is buried in snow. The corpse is frozen in ice. And nearly every bone has been broken, shattered, or crushed . . .BAD BLOODClaire’s suspicions only get worse w...

Did you hear about the blonde coyote?It got stuck in a trap, chewed off three legs, and was still stuck.Tressa Jayne Turner, Grandville, Iowa's own little "Calamity Jayne," is headed for the Grand Canyon State--and a wedding! Tressa's goofy Gammy is gettin' hitched, and Tressa is looking forward to a little down time in the desert. But her sunny vacation is suddenly about to have more strings attached than a dreamcatcher! Her cousin's keeping secrets, the roguishly hot Range...

Journalist Bree Farrell has one chance left to salvage her career. So she heads to the village of Holiday Harbor—and walks straight into the arms of handsome young mayor Cooper Landry.Cooper’s fighting to keep his sleepy Maine community from the clutches of big city developers. And Bree knows it’s a major scoop. But the longer she’s in town, the more she’s won over by the quirky townsfolk—and the charming Cooper. Will Bree ever follow her heart instead of a story and make Holiday H...

Uncle Charlie likes kids. He likes kids so much he even has his own television show just for kids and a toy store with every kind of toy a kid could want.Uncle Charlie's toy store is five-year-old Daniel's favorite place. Right up until Uncle Charlie shows Daniel the kind of toys he's never seen before.Toys that look mean.Toys that have teeth."The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." —Dave Hendrickson, author of CRA...

Dear Bride–To–Be...Troy Lee has been writing letters to his future bride since he was a boy. Still, she's never been more than words on a page...until now. When he meets Destiny Porter, he thinks he may have finally found the woman he's been waiting for.But Destiny came to Claremont with a single purpose–to get Troy's permission to print his letters in her magazine. Yet once she lays eyes on the handsome Southern man, Destiny knows she's in trouble. She can't help dreaming ...

Married to an uncaring, workaholic husband, Shylia Allred walks to alleviate stress and to consider her divorce. Typical of many abused spouses, she dreams of escape but always comes up with a reason to thwart her own plans. Then, as she's walking past the local parish hall just as an AA meeting is letting out, she literally bumps into Randall Sly. As they get to know each other, she comes to trust him completely. He's the one man who can bring a huge change to her life. But change isn't a...

Keeping a promise made to her father, Moira Buchanan journeys to the Cumberland Mountains of East Tennessee and Luna Lake Cabins, where they’re nestled alongside the lake that some have called holy and others magical, hoping to find peace and healing.With a few touches here and there, she creates a temporary home away from home in which to enjoy her Christmas, but a haughty Siamese cat, the impulsive promise of a twelve-year-old girl, and a handsome Scottish laird soon turn all her...

Could this sexy stubborn doc be Imogen's undoing?Her first sighting of Dr Wyatt Beechum is with his shirt off – all deliciously bronzed, corded muscle and mouth–watering abs – and nurse Imogen Donally hopes the next six months working in his remote mountain practice will be more interesting than she'd originally thought!Only her Dr Tall, Dark and Handsome quickly proves to be more Tall, Dark and Seriously Brooding! Tough cookie Imogen has no desire to settle down, but even ...