In this collection of short and flash fiction, Daniel Chacón examines peoples’ interactions with each other, the impact of identity and the importance of literature, art and music. In one story, a girl remembers her father, who taught her to love books and libraries. “A book can whisper at you, call at you from the […]
Poor Plum Tardy. Between being saddled with a goofy name, to the way she misquotes adages, to her quirky style of dress, Plum always feel out of synch with other people. But even if others do seem to move in lockstep to successes Plum can’t even imagine, while she erratically leaps through life as if […]
What was she to do stuck in Mexico, Nick’s body interned in a coroner’s seamy examination room? When her husband died the day after their 30th wedding anniversary, Anne had to employ every ounce of fortitude and cunning greasing the wheels of corruption to obtain release of her beloved. Hippie at Heart (What I Used […]
Southwest New Mexico World War II Survivors
In the words of these men and women who served in World War II or were otherwise impacted by the war, God’s Umbrella recounts the tragic, humorous and other memorable parts of their service during wartime. Humorous, you ask? Most of these veterans were in their late teens or early 20s when they volunteered or […]
This collection by Poet Laureate Eve West Bessier is tender and poignant. Each poem is an exposure based on personal experience, a brief philosophical treatise, a candid self-revelation. Combined they create four albums documenting a seven-year journey through loss to renewal. These poems are often filled with gentle humor as the catalyst to insight and […]
These are stories longing for peace. All are told from a female point of view. The stories are divided into three sections: hostility out in the world, domestic difficulties, and a few new takes on fairy tales. Stories out in the world include reflections of a goddess observing a young man dying, Mary Magdalen mourning […]
