Briefly Noted

“Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars. She’s traveling incognito and is reveling in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and the festering chowderheads who run security have the audacity to arrest her spouse.” 

“Northern California’s Crystal Cove has a coastline with brutal waves, chilly shark-filled water, and riptides, all setting the scene for a dangerous location where a last summer get-together before school starts can easily escalate into something deadly.”

“Nashville native Drew Bratcher writes musically about memory and memorably about music in uncommonly beautiful essays that announce the arrival of a major new voice.”

“Morrison hopes to transport readers to a world where poetry tells a powerful story that relates to audiences of all ages.” 

“Some of these stories explore a world that is fully broken, others are focused on when it just begins to crack. But what’s clear above all is that the world breaks for some groups of people much earlier than others.”

“Immortalized in Willie Nelson’s road song “Me and Paul,” Paul English was the towering figure who for 70 years acted as Willie’s drummer, bodyguard, accountant, partner in crime, and right-hand man.”