What if love awaits not around the corner, but in a parallel reality, at the edge of the universe, or through the looking glass? In this collection of short stories, explore love from eight different angles of weird, fantastical, and out of this world."Tiny Moments." A woman envisions her lover in the reflections surrounding her, and must choose between his memory and the life she created after his death."Our Song." The smallest moments contain a lifetime of hope."B...

A post-apocalyptic road trip dodging zombies. The aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, generations later. An alien spore that infects the young first.Eight stories. Eight post-apocalyptic scenarios, because in the post-apocalyptic future, anything goes, and only the strong survive.

In this near-future dystopia, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.And the few are slaves to the system.Fourteen-year-old Queenie is a gubmint girl, a welfare baby born to a single mother living in the projects.She's also one of the few fertile females of her generation, or any.When Mister and Missuz take her home from juvie, Queenie thinks everything's going to be just fine. She'll stay with them for a while,...

A 2015 Schneider Family Book Award WinnerWith gentle humor and unflinching realism, Gail Giles tells the gritty, ultimately hopeful story of two special ed teenagers entering the adult world.We understand stuff. We just learn it slow. And most of what we understand is that people what ain’t Speddies think we too stupid to get out our own way. And that makes me mad.Quincy and Biddy are both graduates of their high school’s s...

One minute I was looking for my retainer in the bathroom. The next, I was staring at a boy who looked just like me. And I don't mean my reflection! What's going on here?

A Sasquatch and a young boy deal with monsters, stereotypes, and cultural misunderstandings in this follow-up to Big Foot and Little Foot.Hugo is a young Sasquatch. Boone is a young boy. After an unlikely encounter, they've become an even unlikelier pair of best friends. After saving up his Monster Card wrappers, Hugo sends away for a special prize in the mail—a Monster Detector! Using the watchlike device, Hugo quickly spots a monster right in his own cav...

Jennifer's best friend has moved away and she has become the sole focus for the mean-spirited teasing from the "mean girls" and the "bad boys" at school. But when the new girl, Melody, joins their class the bullies have a new victim. Melody is native and has moved from the recently closed residential school to join the fifth grade class at Summerhill. At first Jennifer is nervous about becoming friends with Melody. She has heard what people (including her grandmother) say about "those peop...

Sophie Collins is not just another sappy, teenage sleuth. Raw and gutsy, this street-wise, self-determined gal depends on no one. Left to her own devices at fourteen when her mother disappears and believing she has no family, she tries to make things work. But her math teacher, nosey old lady Crabtree, at her school, turns Sophie’s life upside down when she reports her to Family Services. Escaping the foster home in Trenton, Sophie takes out on her own, and slowly makes her way to her moth...

**Purple Dragonfly Book Award First Place Winner*Should Sophie Stand Up to the School Bully or Become a Snitch?There's nothing worse than being a tattletale...That's what 10-year-old Sophie Washington thinks until she runs into Lanie Mitchell, a new girl at school. Lanie pushes Sophie and her friends around at their lockers, and even takes their lunch money in this entertaining, illustrated chapter book for middle grade readers. If they tell, they are scared the othe...

Experience The Resurrecter, a slow-burn supernatural thriller that builds from a deceptively quiet beginning to a shocking, twist-filled conclusion you’ll never see coming.“Stay away from the cemetery.” Five years ago, Mandy Carter received that warning from her friend Zeke. Even after Zeke disappeared from her life, she always followed his cryptic advice. Who wants to wander around in a graveyard, anyway?Then a chance meeting brings Mandy and Zeke...

Growing up is hard, especially when one's parents get divorced.Jillian doesn't seek trouble, but it has a habit of finding her. She's bold, brave, and not afraid to stand up for her friends, even if that means tackling bullies.Jillian never knows what each day holds for her. One day has her exploring a creepy old house and the next has her trying to find a home for some sweet little puppies. The important part is the many lessons she learns along the way.Interview w...

Another adventure begins with the third book in the Martin McMillan middle grade mystery series..A vacation to Scotland finds thirteen-year-old skateboarders Martin McMillan and his friend Isabel drawn into solving the puzzle of Gaelic verses, recently found in the lining of an old trunk. In time they learn the translated verses hold the key to Druid secrets long buried in a secret spot. Martin and Isabel travel from Edinburgh to Loch Ness to the windswept Isle of Lewis as clues lead to th...