We are in a moment that is unlike any others we have experienced in our lifetimes. Important questions are being asked about how we move forward and what it will take to get our economy moving and provide safe and stable futures for all of us. In the business world, conversations around “the future of work” often exclude those who work with their hands or who are otherwise classified as essential workers.While you may not want to be a CEO, developing some basic knowledge about how b...

They Kept Running takes its title from a story about three women running in a national park in the Arizona desert, where they are warned to watch out for mountain lions and the heat, but where the real threat they encounter is men in a jeep. This collection of fifty-seven small stories catalogs the lives of women and girls as they grapple with the hazards of navigating the human world. “In this taut collection of flash fiction, Michelle Ross weaves together fairy tales and horror, beauty a...

The fourteen spellbinding stories in Michelle Ross's second collection invite readers into the shadows of social-media perfectionism and the relentless cult of motherhood. A recovering alcoholic navigates the social landscape of a toddler playdate; a mother of two camps out in a van to secure her son's spot at a prestigious kindergarten; a young girl forces her friends to play an elaborate, unwinnable game. With unflinching honesty and vivid, lyric prose, Ross explores the familial ties th...

In Don't Take This the Wrong Way, Magowan and Ross probe the stories we tell each other and ourselves. The characters in these 25 stories deceive and manipulate, they scrutinize and admonish, but also, they earnestly seek to draw meaning from the flotsam of their lives. Two friends mocking the needy, sancitmonious co-worker they call "the Kindness Woman,'' confront their own painful longing for someone to accept them. A woman who developed unusually acute vision during the last st...

The Intentional Life is about the process of connecting the dots of our life development to that of our habits. All habits are first introduced and practiced until they become automatic. Once they become automatic, we no longer notice them within ourselves (without being intentional). These habits dictate how or if we trust, what we believe, how we view ourselves and others, and from what perspective.The Intentional Life teaches us how to connect t...

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

This second volume of The Rabbit Hole is every bit as flumbiferous as the first. Which is just as Alice likes, because weirdness abounds and the warren never ends. Are you out for revenge? You'll need the right app. Or perhaps you've done something foolish? Never mind – it can be undone. Would you like to be in a video game? That too can be arranged - at a cost.All this and more in 29 stories to leave you pondering realms beyond our perception. Unless, perhaps, they've been there a...

He sees her in a way she could never see herself. She has never felt more beautiful than when she was in his arms.Sager Reed, the strong and silent bassist of the rock band Tempest, is well acquainted with loss. The thoughtful artist’s own tattoos only hint at his turbulent youth. He buries his guilt about it deeply within his troubled heart.Melinda T. Belle, the daughter of a dysfunctional rock legend, as a rule avoids emo...

An unrequited crush, a long-awaited reunion—two women find the loves of their lives in two romance novels collected in one volume.It Happened One Week by New York Times –bestselling author JoAnn RossSmugglers' Inn was once a refuge for Amanda Stockenberg . . . and a place to find love. Now, ten years later, Amanda is back, this time for a corporate retreat. Dane Cutter i...

Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present empowering, helpful and supportive insights from their personal experience for fellow autistic women. Michelle Garnett's comments validate and expand the experiences described from a clinician's perspective, and provide extensive recommendations.Autistic advocates including Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Jeanette Purkis, Artemisia and Samantha Craft offer their personal guidance...

To the talented vocalist Justin Jones, love is merely a game that he plays by his own rules.But to Bridget Dubois, love and heartache are one and the same.Broken too many times before, the delicate beauty keeps her emotions carefully concealed. Bridget has her own set of rigid rules when it comes to men. She prefers to avoid them altogether, especially dangerously seductive auburn haired emerald eyed players like Justin.But the new lead singer of the rising rock ban...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...