Hollis Seamon's story, "Death Is the New Sleep," won the 2009 Al Blanchard Award. This is a crime story with a twist about the good neighbor who takes it upon herself to investigate what happened to a mysterious drowning victim. What dangers await at the fancy, but strange sleep-deprivation clinic by the lake where the investigation leads her? Seamon spins a chilling, spellbinding tale in this crime mystery story with a surprising twist.

“Chemo, radiation, a zillion surgeries, watching my mom age twenty years in twenty months . . . if that’s part of the Big Dude’s*plan,* then it’s pretty obvious, isn’t it? Enough said.”Smart-mouthed and funny, sometimes raunchy, Richard Casey is in most ways a typical seventeen-year-old boy. Except Richie has cancer, and he's spending his final days in a hospice unit. In this place where people go to die, Richie has plans to make the most of the li...

Smart-mouthed, funny, and sometimes crude, Richard Casey is in most ways a typical seventeen-year-old boy. Except Ritchie has cancer, and he’s spending his final days in a hospice unit. His mother, his doctors, and the hospice staff are determined to keep Ritchie alive as long as possible. But in this place where people go to die, Richie has plans to make the most of the life he has left.Fifteen-year-old Sylvie, the only other hospice inmate under sixty, has plans of her own. What ...