“Take Them to Church” by Monica Brietenstein
For as long as I can remember, my daughter asked me to take her to church. . . .
Tag: fiction
ONE-DAY SALE: Three Nina Revoyr NOOK Books for $1.99!
To celebrate the release of Lost Canyon, Nina Revoyr’s latest novel, three Revoyr e-books — Wingshooters, The Age of Dreaming, and Southland — are now just $1.99 each through Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Daily Find.
“Demon Children” by Frederick K. Foote Jr.
“Honey, I’m home.” Home to sulky silence, the absence of pounding footsteps, and the discordant music of two contentious nine-year-olds. I move through the eerie, foreboding silence toward her. Her—the mother of our children, and my wife of choice on most days . . .
Carrie Howland on The Shark Curtain
To celebrate the release of The Shark Curtain — a powerful and unique look into a young creative mind by debut novelist Chris Scofield and the latest release from Akashic’s Black Sheep imprint for young readers — we’re very pleased to bring you a guest post by Carrie Howland, literary agent at Donadio & Olson, on what makes The Shark Curtain such a special book.
“For Me” by Stephanie Laterza
My son Martin is still learning to grasp the concepts of you and me . . .
“Peter and the Wolves” by Rion Amilcar Scott
The tractor-trailer lay dead, an overturned behemoth in the roadside brush, its refrigerated guts split open and littering the highway with frozen wolf carcasses . . .
“Sword” by Rita Davis
Every day at 3:15 p.m. my son and I walk two blocks to pick his sister up from kindergarten. Every day he has a fit, a small tantrum, or decides to become sixteen months old and needs to be held the few blocks to school . . .
“The Importance of Being Naked” by Samuel Murphy
As a father, I don’t believe I have yet had my finest hour—and as a father of four little girls, I doubt I ever will. It’s not that I haven’t gently wiped away a tear or two, or bandaged a skinned knee, or made my share of macaroni and cheese and peanut butter sandwiches. I have. But it’s out in public where I mostly fall down . . .