“No, man, this heat ah try kill people!”
Goldine paused in her walk up the bumpy path to Pastor Williams’s house. She removed the straw hat keeping company with her soaking wet head kerchief; fanned with it, for all the good that did. She looked up the road to where the house stood alone, alabaster white against the green hills rolling away from it. The crotons, bougainvillea, pussy tail, and other foliage in the expansive yard looked limp . . .
Albert “Prodigy” Johnson was one of three judges at the November 22nd Literary Death Match, held in Miami! (Photos)
Are you ready? Here’s a bottle of water, just a sip will do. What’s that? Oh yes, my name of course, how rude of me. Well, that’s actually an interesting question, I have a few. There’s Edward, or Molly. Or Mandy. Me, I like Mandy—because I came and I gave without taking! Sorry, bad joke. Though somewhat true. It’s nice to finally meet you. Of course, you want to know more about me . . .
Videos: With Mandela’s recent passing, CBS, Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, and Democracy Now! invited Randall Robinson to speak about his fight for Nelson’s freedom as well as his interactions with the former president of South Africa.
Changers Book One: Drew has received a STARRED review from Publishers Weekly!
Welcome to Akashic in Good Company! This week, take a walk through Seattle Mystery Bookshop, our criminally good friends from the West Coast!
Shelf Awareness featured Kaylie Jones Books, which will launch in early 2014 with Laurie Loewenstein’s Unmentionables!
They stood off to one side of the excited throng who were cheering and holding up hand-lettered signs as the TrailWays Bus pulled into the church parking lot. Val chewed at the skin around her nails. When she saw Mark watching her, a tight smile crossed her face.
“It’ll be okay?” Her eyebrows raised in question. “He’ll be a good kid. Right? The Fresh Air people wouldn’t send him if, you know, he had problems . . .”