You have one—probably even more than one. A family story you tell over and over. Maybe it's a story you heard growing up—one that starts with "Remember when…" Or a story your relatives—especially the littles—request at family gatherings: "Tell us about that time…" It could be a story your family likes to remember—but you'd like to forget.We have some too!Imprints is a collection of stories about our ancestors—parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and relatives—living a...

When Maggie Buckner is captured by a gang of outlaws an unlikely old man known as 'The Dutchman' is the only one who can set her free. Outnumbered eight to one, the Dutchman sits perched on a bench near Savage Peak, watching the fugitives as they ride out onto the open prairie. He adjusts the sights of his Remington No. 1 Rifle and waits as the first rider comes into range. When he stops shooting, three of the captors lay sprawled on the prairie...dead.After striking the first deadl...

“Charming. . . . A moving testament to the diversity and depths of love.”—Publishers WeeklyYou’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be swept away—in less time than it takes to read this paragraph. Here are 175 true stories—honest, funny, tender and wise—each as moving as a lyric poem, all told in no more than one hundred words. An electrician lights up a woman’s life, a sister longs for her homeless brother, strangers dream of what might ha...

In The Sackett Brand, Louis L’Amour spins the story of a courageous man who must face overwhelming odds to track down a killer.Tell Sackett and his bride, Ange, came to Arizona to build a home and start a family. But on Black Mesa, something goes terribly wrong. Tell is ambushed and badly injured. When he finally manages to drag himself back to where he left Ange, she is gone. Desperate, cold, hungry, and with nothing to defend himself, Tell is stalked lik...

Want to warm your soul for the holidays? Unwrap the true meaning of gift giving with a treasure trove of festive tales.Sometimes the best gift is a great story. The stories in this anthology are sure to fill even the grouchiest Scrooge with holiday spirit.Christmas with Hot Apple Cider: Stories from the Season of Giving and Receiving is an eclectic collection of true stories, short fiction, and poetry. With 55 featured authors and poets, the anthol...

Only one man can mete out justice on the unforgiving frontier. First in the Preacher series from the New York Times bestselling western author.He’s known from the Northwest to the deserts of the Southwest as Preacher, though he’s as far from being a man of the cloth as you can get. But when he was a young greenhorn, he was caught by a marauding tribe and set to be burned alive, until he just started preaching and never stopped. Figuring he was as crazy as ...

A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionA finalist for the 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut NovelIntroducing an extraordinary and original writer whose first novel explores the intersections of grief and rage, personal strength and healing--and what we owe one another.Fern seeks refuge from her mother's pill-popping and boyfriends via Soul Train; Gwin finds salvation in the music of Prince much to her ...

A woman ahead of her time, Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, Mary must provide for her young daughter by running a stage coach station on the Cherokee Trail. With the help of an Irish maid and a mysterious stranger, Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming. After firi...

A touching Christmas tale about a Minnesota widower who has a magical encounter with an enchanted snow man -- and gets a last glimpse of the love of his life. Originally appeared in Cicada Magazine.

Home is where the heart is.Doreen Hamilton's plans to return home for the Christmas holiday is interrupted by a major snow blizzard. New York City is covered in one foot of snow, and last night's snowstorm caused delays at the airports, along the Eastern Seaboard. She's disappointed when her flight is canceled, until she runs into her former lover, Tyler Shaw.Tyler is also going home to Summerville, S. C., for the holiday. He's ecstatic to see her, and since they can't retu...

**An odyssey of young man’s journey into manhood on the American frontier by bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone repackaged with a bold new cover for readers who might have missed this the first time around.Johnstone Country: Where Scars Are Like Tattoos But With Better Stories**In this thrilling epic of the American West, bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone capture the frontier experience in all its glory, grit, a...

How to celebrate Easter becomes a balancing act for Christian and Joy Andersen and their four children.Chocolate bunnies, colorful stuffed baskets and flashy fashion shows are their competition. Despite the enticements, Christian refuses to succumb without a fight.And it becomes a tug of war when his recently adopted ten year-old daughter, Bethani, wants to participate in her friend’s Easter tradition.Christian hopes he has instilled Proverbs 22:6, into the children...