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Every year when the nights grow longer and September arrives, it feels like a new beginning. There are stories calling to me and I long to write them, but first it’s time to close the chapter on one of my oldest and dearest projects.
When I began writing my second book in the spring of 2015, it was meant to be a novel. Several hundred words in, I realized the story I was working on was a novella at best, but I had ideas for more short pieces that would complement it nicely. So I decided to write a book of short stories instead of a novel, not knowing at the time that collections are notoriously difficult to sell.
If I’d known, would it have changed things?
Maybe. I’m glad then, that I did not know.
What Was Never There will be released December 21 in print and ebook on Amazon. Here is the book description and the beautiful cover created by Deranged Doctor Design:
A mother and daughter lost in the woods must overcome their worst fears to find their way back. A father going through a divorce witnesses a seemingly impossible motorcycle accident, which forces him to question the truth of his own perceptions. A little boy with a terrible secret routinely steals away at night to meet a girl beneath a willow tree—only to discover she has a secret of her own.
What Was Never There is a collection of short stories with the common theme of memory, or rather, the way memory haunts us.
Includes Pushcart Prize nominated stories “We Never Get to Talk Anymore” and “The Dinosaur Graveyard” and the award-winning “Windows,” selected for Best Microfiction 2023.
Pre-order on Kindle here (the print edition will be available for pre-order in October!).
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