THIS ENDLESS ROAD is Michael Overa's second short story collection published by Unsolicited Press. In the story TEMPORARY HOME, Michael Overa writes,"The turn off to Sunny Groves Trailer Park lies just off Route 82 and is shy of town by three or four miles. At the crest of the hill the road seems to stretch interminably towards the horizon. As a kid, Selena had looked forward to the monthly treks out there to visit her uncle, Patrick, but at some point, she realized that the whole ...

The stories in "The Filled In Spaces" investigate the intersecting lives of strangers and acquaintances, acknowledging that we are all a background character in someone else's story. The stories investigate the nature of relationships and friendships.Stories in the Collection:FixOxygenInevitableEvidence of LifeSecond RunThe Filled in SpacesWe Live Here NowThey SayPotential TruthOff the TracksThe Endless Ro...

This marriage is strictly business . . . until the temptation gets way too real.Corbin: I loved my grandma, but I don’t need her money. All I care about is keeping the house—the only place that’s ever felt like home. That, and screwing over my dad, who wants to turn the property into a mall. There’s only one catch: To receive my inheritance, I have to get married within six months. Me, the guy who’s never dated a girl for more than six

All We Want is Everything, Andrew F. Sullivan’s exceptional debut collection of short stories, finds the misused and forgotten, the places in between, the borderlands on the edge of town where dead fields alternate with empty warehouses—places where men and women clutch tightly at whatever fragments remain. Motels are packed with human cargo, while parole is just another state of being. Christmas dinners become battlegrounds; truck cabs and bathroom stalls transform into warped confessiona...

A Texas map marked with three red dots like drops of blood. A serial killer who claims to have dementia. A mysterious young woman who wants answers. What could go wrong?FINALIST FOR THE ITW THRILLER AWARD • “Fast and furious . . . You’ll never see what’s coming.”—The Washington PostYears ago, her sister Rachel vanished. Now she is almost certain the man who took Rachel sits in the passenger seat beside her. He claims to have dement...

Let It Be is an extraordinary story inspired by the music of the Beatles.Filled with true-to-life characters that will stay with readers long after the final page is turned, Let It Be is a touching tale that probes human frailties and foibles, sacrifice and satisfaction, decisions and desire. Part family saga, part coming-of-age tale, Let It Be chronicles the breakup of a marriage, the destruction of a family, and the struggle to come together in the aftermath of what rema...

At the mercy of her husband's enemy Ainsley's life hangs in the balance. A war is being waged to bring her the freedom she craves, but which side of the battle is she fighting for? Three men claim to love her but only one owns her heart.This is book 3 of Black Rebel Devils MC. The previous books in this series should be read first.Book 1 Moonshine & MistletoeBook 2 Guns & Roses

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations.How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either.Use the Green Boo...

This “extraordinary memoir” from a gender non-conforming child of the ‘80s, is “brave and true, as devastating as it is inspiring.” —Joey Soloway, Emmy-award winning creator of TransparentBorn into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and ...

A riveting novel about the aftermath of a brutal murder of three teenage girls, written in incantatory prose "that's as fine as any being written by an American author today" (Ben Fountain).One late autumn evening in a Texas town, two strangers walk into an ice cream shop shortly before closing time. They bind up the three teenage girls who are working the counter, set fire to the shop, and disappear. See How Small tells the stories of the survivors -- fam...

"Porpora's coming-of-age memoir is a brilliant debut from a fine writer with an intriguing way of viewing the world . . . four stars out of four." — USA TodayEvery autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism, drinking away her ...

I never wanted to be good. Not until I met her.Five years in prison was supposed to reform me, but it didn't teach me anything.I tried to start fresh: new name, new town, new life. No more raising hell, no more women whose names I don't bother learning, no more running from the law.Yeah, I screwed that up in no time at all, but it doesn't matter. I've never liked anything but trouble - and Luna is trouble with a capital T.She's smart as a wh...