Jane Ross has just been shanked with a ball point pen. Who knows why? So here she is, in the emergency room, waiting to get a ball point pen extracted from her innards.Surgery goes well. The neighbors, not so much. The nurses, slightly better, even is they do make her do her breathing and belly exercises.Then they hand her off back to prison, where things are pretty much he way they are. *shrug* It's prison. What are you going to do?Trial, yeah. Pretty much the same...

Every day is a jewel: most are flawed, some are perfect, but every one is precious.If you think nothing ever happens around here, you'd be sadly mistaken. Between escapee heifers, runaway children, morning staff meetings, trips to the (sort of) big city, and interrogations by the county attorney, small town life is pretty exciting. I barely have time to stop and catch my breath!

Abuela's guardian angel and That Woman's guardian angel have decided they are in love and they are sending gifts to each other. Unfortunately they send each other really inappropriate gifts and Mark is the one that has to deal with this. How can he keep these two old ladies from punching each other out, resolve an angelic love affair, and keep his sanity?

A collection of ten stories about people who meet each other under strange circumstances and how they interact:Old Maid: Tilly reads cards in the park and meets someone who is not what he looks like.Man in the Maze: Cameron stands in the rain with a knife, under orders to assassinate the matriarch.Meeting the Elephant: Jenda takes food to the elephant tenders in the barn.Footprints in the Dark: Jesus finds something very strange in the old church during a pa...

Dave Snider is on a mission. Since I met him, his mystery friend and the ravens have taken an interest in me. I'm not part of his mission, am I?And if I am, then what help can I give?It all comes down to one late night in the deep desert, when the coyotes howl.

It's the end of the world as we know it, and we don't feel fine.Mollty Cook wants to escape he island before the volcano blows them all to smithereens. Rowan wants her to come and sight see some bridge, like nothing was happening.How will she escape the old city before the volcano blows? Will there be a seat on the plane in time? Will there be any boats left to leave on? Will all the grabby people leave her alone until she gets to safety? Can she get across the city while a...

Jane's up for a promotion, or maybe just a raise, that would let her afford more than the basics. She just has to complete this project, work together with the office queen bee and her acolyte, and save the company.Problem is, Carey more interested in schmoozing and Marisol has to technical expertise to speak of, which leave Jane to do everything. Including killer workouts, not enough food and expensive shopping.Will Jane keep her sanity and save the day? Or will she have t...

Beau is a simple man. He leads a simple life and finds transcendent pleasure in simple things, like a shell on the beach, or cup of chocolate on a cool morning. It is a pleasure to do good for others, like his neighbor Wilson, who is building a whole new means to explore the universe.Will Wilson make it to the moon, as he wants so fervently? Does he really need to steal everyone's batteries to get there? And is a wrecked phone booth really the best vehicle for the project?

Claudia Weber's little town is under seige. Someone has been committing minor crimes on the entire populace, like grafitti and vandalism. Annoying and inconvenient ad expensive to repair or clean up, but no big deal.And then it does become a big deal. Azo commits arson and people die.The city rises up in arms. They demand action. They call in a task force from the Federal and State authorities, because the local law is just not up to investigating terrorism. Claudia makes h...

Eden's so called friends locked her in the witch's house. The leader, Angelica, stole a knick knack from the witch's house to prove she was there.How can Eden get herself out of this mess, when Angelica dumps the knick knack on her? Can she get it back to the witch, or is she doomed to have weird battle dreams forever?

It's almost Meggan's birthday and she's looking forward to the pretty new dress, the cake her Dad made or her, her friends and grandparents celebrating with her...Except for those stupid squirrels who keep eating the bird seed Dad puts out for the birds. If it weren't for that stupid squirrel, Arthur wouldn't be bugging her about finding his Mamma!But he does. He comes to her at all the wrong times to ask for help. Meggan has no idea who his Mamma is, or where he lives. He ...

Pearl Waidler works from home, if you could call a repurposed hotel room home. It's not much, but it's what she has, sharing with her very significant other, Nicky Lightfoot. They make do with what they earn or can scavenge, including an old coffee table that serves as handy flat spot, kitchen table, dining room table, or office desk.At least until it starts feeling her leg...What's a woman to do, when the furniture propositions her and won't take no for an answer?