A Heartwarming Holiday Short Story Collection About Home, Kindness, and Second ChancesStep into the quiet magic of the holiday season with this beautifully written collection of short stories that celebrate the moments that matter most.Set against snowy nights, glowing windows, and familiar winter rituals, these stories explore the many ways the holidays shape our lives. Within these pages, you’ll meet characters facing reconciliation after years apart, chi...

A short memoir of lessons learned in the kitchen and garden of the author's grandmother. The influence of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl is seen in lessons of work, food and generosity.

The image of panhandlers is a common sight in many cities, but one that Rowan has avoided looking at any closer. Her brother's special request leads professional photographer, Rowan O'Donnell, to begin a photo essay on the men living on the streets of Denver. While she is aiming her camera lens at the homeless, someone else is taking aim at their lives. Rowan discovers that the recent violent deaths are the act of one person, and her work with them has drawn his attention, putting her own ...

These are a mix of stories about childhood reverie, gentle crime, and winter weather - but all are centered around the Christmas holiday.Winter can be a wonderful season, but I think these stories are best read inside, next to a warm fire or candles, with a warm drink of tea or cocoa beside you.

When a blind psychic warns of a dark fate awaiting seven homeless teens, PI Cam Sharp and her flamboyant partner, Juju, infiltrate a high-society fundraiser called the "Night of Misrule." They soon discover the party is a cover for a sinister magical ritual. To save the kids and stop the chaos, they must snatch a powerful enchanted artifact from a newly crowned king before everyone becomes a permanent pawn in a terrifying game.

In this short story, Jim wakes up one morning into a day of silence. The hustle and bustle of the city is gone - and so are the electricity and motor vehicles that run the world.How does he respond? How will the world react when everything has to be done by hand and in-person? Does it have to be a dystopia? Jim's first days in this new reality could set the tone for years to come.

Viktor, a tracker, is called in to a grisly scene in a Minnesota state forest. An illegal poacher has been murdered and the hope is that Viktor can track the murderer through the woods so that the dangerous and possibly deranged villain can be apprehended.The tracker searches, but the trail comes to an end when it intersects with the road. Will Viktor be able to find his quarry?

Samantha, a young traveler is on her first trip to Spain and her first vacation outside of her home in the United States. The strangeness of her surroundings begins to wear on her and she looks forward to going back home. Her friend and traveling companion is fully enjoying herself and is immersed in the experience, but are Samantha's feelings of dread unfounded?

This short story is a reverie about winter snow, the night skies, the mountains. And it is about loneliness and longing.This was first published on the Author's website as a Christmas gift for her readers and family. Now it is available here for all to read.

Previously published in the short story collection, Her West, this is a story about a young woman's history project that results in a grisly and sorrowful discovery. Not all old and abandoned houses hold horrific secrets - but some of them do.

Children face many dangers in the world, some old and some new. How do we protect them and ourselves? And most importantly, teach them to protect themselves?This story centers around an event in the Mt. Massive Wilderness of Colorado. The details are from a real-life experience I had with my mother while camping, and we still talk about it to this day.

In Mountain Trout, a young woman is lake fishing in the Arkansas River headwaters in Colorado, and remembering all that she had learned about the sport, and about life, from her beloved uncle who has recently passed.This short story is a reflection on a place and the beauty of the surrounding mountain valley and placed third in The LAURA Short Fiction Awards for 2021.