Hi my name is Jan Bryan. I am a wife and mother of 2 children, one girl and one boy, and the Grandmother of one girl. My poem All Grown Up was the first to be published by The Poetry Guild. I was published and received The Editors Choice Award from the National Poetry Library and also The International Poetry Library. I have also been published by my hometown news paper The Shawnee News and Star and the Delaware County Daily Times. There have been some interesting times in my life, some sa...

**Finalist for the National Book Award for PoetryWinner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection“[Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy.”—**The New YorkerAward-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don’t Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men sho...

This "humorous, fast-paced" middle-grade novel is " a remarkable story of a working-class family pulling together in the face of a serious illness" ( School Library Journal).As befits a future President of the United States of America, eleven-year-old Atlanta resident Maggie Mayfield has decided to write a memoir of the past year of her life. And what a banner year it's been! During this period she's Student of the Month on a regular basis...

Kylie Jean shows her talent for singing at the annual Jubilee Talent Show.

Are serial killers born or made? When a young girl suffers extreme physical and mental abuse at the hands of family, she internalizes her anger until she snaps, and releases the evil that festers deep inside of her. (This novella, aprox. 22,000 words, contains language and content only suitable for adults).

My room is a mess. Now, usually this is not big news. But my clothes have started moving...when I'm not inside them. And the TV is floating across the room! Guess what! I'm sharing my room with a ghost named Wanda.

Small colonial cemeteries dot the countryside of New England. When I moved to Canton, CT in 2002 I found myself walking my big Black Lab/St. Bernard mix in one of these cemetaries for over a year. The old gravestones inspired writer to do historical research. This quest inspired 40 fictional chapters of which ten (10) are included here. These are Their Stories.

It's time for the annual Blueberry Festival, and Kylie Jean just knows she'd be the perfect Blueberry Queen.

Hi! I’m Daisy Dreamer. Join me in the World of Make-Believe and I’ll tell you all about my Pretty Pixie Problem.Have you ever met someone who was so pretty on the outside, but maybe not so pretty on the inside? It’s totally confusing, right? Well, something like that just happened to yours truly, Daisy Dreamer. And it happened in the last place I’d have ever imagined…the World of Make-Believe! My new friend, Twee, is a Pretty Pixie. She lives in a pretty village de...

"It was my favorite day of the year: Bring Your Pet to School Day. Most schools do not observe this particular holiday, which I personally believe should be made into a national event like the Fourth of July or Super Bowl Sunday or even National Forest Products Week. There was just one dim spot in my rainbow of happiness, and it was walking next to us: Grandpa."It's Bring Your Pet to School Day and Bird's buddy Humphrey the dog has the blues. Bird does his best to cheer up his frie...

In this twelfth Daisy Dreamer chapter book, Daisy can’t find her imaginary friend, Posey!Meet Daisy Dreamer. People call her the girl with her head in the clouds because she daydreams some of the time…or maybe most the time. She loves to write stories, draw, and invent games. Then one day, she drew a doodle in her special journal and that picture came to life! That’s how she met her imaginary friend, Posey!Or maybe she didn’t? You see, Daisy just w...

Inside four original Christmas poems all staring soft and cuddly baby animals await you. Make sure to wrap up in a blanket by the fire as you begin to fall in love with a picky little kitten who likes her gifts to look perfect, a hyper little puppy that simple cannot settle down for bed, a happy hopping bunny that learns the joys of sharing, and an itty bitty mouse that learns to appreciate all that his parents provide for him. These short, simple to read poems will fill anyone with the Ch...