Fairy-Tale Frolic
Jennifer Trafton’s The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic opens in true fairy-tale fashion: “A young girl with mouse-colored hair and dirty feet hid under a threadbare quilt and dreamed…
Beyond Halloween
“They were four—the points of a compass, the corners of the earth. North, South, East and West. The elements of their worship: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. … They were…
Runoff
The rain began Friday, intensified Saturday. The dogs went to their bunkers. I went to the back door, looking out at the rain. It beat down on grass we should…
Delightfully Dysfunctional
Lisa Lutz grew up in Southern California and spent the next decade or so college-hopping (no degree) and working a string of odd jobs, including a stint in a family…
Danger, Demolition, and Desire
As both a licensed real estate agent and someone who has ripped out drywall herself, Jennie Bentley—a pseudonym for Nashville mystery novelist Bente Gallagher—writes about what she knows, decorating it…
Debunking Revolutionary War Myths
Gary Paulsen has written more than 175 books and some 200 articles and short stories for children and adults. He is one of the most prolific, and celebrated, writers of…
