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 rights and defining ...

She’s not meant to be a bride…At least not to the man her parents picked out. Ellie Greene wants a quiet life with Grams on the Wyoming farm, and quiet could happen if someone would stop sabotaging them. Each week something more dangerous happens and Ellie doesn't know how much more she can stand. Forced to seek help, Ellie would prefer anyone else other than the tall, dark, sexy-as-sin cowboy with the knight-in-shining-armor complex she gets stuck with. W...

Discover the next adventure in the Giftedverse series with Second Chance a supernatural coming-of-age novel from YA author Amanda Lynn Petrin.Alison Carmichael had her world turned upside down when she discovered her supernatural ‘Gift’, and her status as a First Lifer. Now on the run from a group that wants to use her to eliminate Giftedness, she seeks refuge with Tristan’s surrogate family at Rosehill Academy.As old flames reignite and family secrets are uncovered, Alison...

****This is a prelude to Someone Like You (originally published as Baby, It’s Cold Outside) (Rescue My Heart #1). It ends on a cliffhanger and should not be read by itself. **A runaway author**Ivy Blake is on a deadline. Actually, she’s past the deadline and desperate to find some peace, quiet, and inspiration to get her book back on track. She doesn’t plan on a Tennessee blizzard or the bear that causes her to crash.A grumpy lumberjackHarri...

Ten-year-old Todd is going with his dad while his dad goes hunting. It is the longest, hardest, and most memorable day of his life.

"I'M COMING FOR YOU."When helping a victim of domestic violence, advocate Jessica Taylor finds herself a target once more. But those memories of the past can't stop her from safeguarding the women in her care. Not even when the victim's brother, Andrew Jennings, appoints himself Jessica's protector. She won't let another man endanger himself for her sake, but gutsy determination turns to fear when the stalker steps out of the shadows and into her home. No place is safe, not even in...

Everyone loves their grandma but these three are just a little...different. They have certain skills in war and strategy developed over forty years through military training and discipline. They are the definition of "never judge a book by its cover." They now work as contractors for the extra money. Follow the hapless Clem as he is hired to drive the three on their latest mission of destruction.

Izzy wants to be like Grandpa Mike and make people happy, but the results of Izzy's generosity toward the Braids Girl are not what she expected. What does the Braids Girl really want?Young readers will cheer for Izzy when she at last realizes that the need for love and acceptance is what lies deep in the hearts of us all, no matter our age, race, gender, or social standing.This story of compassion and revelation lovingly demonstrates that despite outward appearance, little ...

This book is about how growing up without my bilogical mother walking out on us leaving us with our father,giving my sister away to strangers. My father left us with his girlfriend and later met our new step mother. Two weeks later, he went back and said to her, if you love my children then ill love yours and i will treat them as they were my own, i cant let those people take my kids.

Welcome to Red Heights. A town with a killer reputation… Seriously.Monsters. Homicidal maniacs. A killer sock monkey that never stops laughing. A whole gang of nightmares await your arrival with bloody, open arms.With LESSONS V: THE TERRIBLE TOWN AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES, you'll find forty short tales, each only a hundred words long. Some will make you giggle. Others might make you want to sleep with the lights on.Either way, your stay at Red Heights will be a memo...

Dee had never liked family gathering. But, when her parents requested her to attend one, she just didn't have the heart to turn them down. It was just one ordinary occasion, wasn't it? No, it wasn't. Right when she thought of leaving, a familiar face appeared in front of here. A very stunning familiar face, almost like a vision. The familiar face of her first love. Would Dee be able to handle the overflowing emotions she had for the person?

This Christian Romantic Urban Fantasy short story is the 8th in a series of "episodes".Tanya continues to grieve for what she's lost, and it's creating difficulty in accepting what she's become. A new threat, with a cage, requires a choice - embrace what she is and give herself a chance to survive, or turn aside from it and suffer a fate worse than death.