Ann Stratton: 40 books

Melina was born in the Marching Forward into the Glorious Future Reeducation Facility. It is the only world she knows. But even she knows there is more to the world than this and along with her three best friends, she decides to leave. Her adoptive aunt fills her in on a few facts of life and gives her what help she can.

Magda does not want this city boy that Armin gives her, but it’s take him in or leave him to starve in the open country. On her way to Crossroads, she finds out just how important he is to the balance of power between the cities themselves when her caravan is attacked by a city security force. But...

Xhavean's the only sane man in the house and that description is questionable on the best days. Today's not the best of days. He has three civilians to get to shelter, but how can he get these people to safety when the world has been destroyed around him?

Magda does not want this city boy that Armin gives her, but it’s take him in or leave him to starve in the open country. On her way to Crossroads, she finds out just how important he is to the balance of power between the cities themselves when her caravan is attacked by a city security force. But...

Tommie works a dead end job in the nursing home, but he dreams of bigger things. He just lacks the money to do them. So when Luz Rubal offers him a year’s worth of rent to get her out of here, he jumps at the chance.

All Miriam wants to do is get her work done, but between her boss’ impossible demands, her husband being a lump, her son glued to his telephone, and a toddler, it’s a wonder she hasn’t been pulled in two. And then she finds out what her son’s really been up to. And then her husband disappears. At least her dye pots are reliable.

Amanda Levinson and Sidar Nguyen are new in Little Port, and being the new people in a small town, it was inevitable they would meet: the lady in the lighthouse and the man from Oz. And then Amanda picks up the briefcase. Can she and Sidar forge a relationship that will help them survive the revelation of what the briefcase contains?

A collection of short stories featuring a dead man on a mission and the dead man is he tracking; the pimple on Charlene’s forehead and what it implies for her status as cool and beautiful; an ancient artifact and those who want to claim it; a little old lady who is more dangerous than she seems and a general who is not who he thinks he is.

The Lakeside Festival is this weekend, one of Stephanie and Stell’s best times to make enough money to pay for the next month. Except that the new Park Supervisor has turned them down for a permit, forcing them to look elsewhere for a venue. And then the Cosmic Artifact starts having fits or seizures...

In this collection of five stories, you will find out how Tia helps Melina and her friends escape the gulag they were born in; how Eric Wilson keeps himself alive while lost in the desert; how one woman deals with her job and her family despite her son joining a gang; how an encounter at the coffee...

It’s only the biggest dance of the year and Charlene encounters nothing but obstacles while she tries to make herself presentable: a pimple on her forehead, no transportation, stains, wrinkles, dogs, her own family, her date, grabby dance partners, catty comments from the peanut gallery… This evening could not be going worse!

Magda of Ferrin is on her way to Delta City to fill the marriage contract she made with Armin of Pothrin. She’s been looking forward to this for a long time. However, the Great River stands at flood, the weather is foul, everyone has to comment on her family situation, and Mother Ferrin herself is in Delta City to oversee the wedding. What else can go wrong? Magda’s about to find out.

Jason Davies considers himself the head wrangler of his little community's sanctuary island, responsible for keeping his people happy, safe, and well. They're all settled in for the long winter, as prepared as they can be. The supply boat is due in any day now, but now there's an arctic storm of epic...

After the apocalypse, the remaining survivors have gathered around the Four Springs as the only sources of water in the deep desert. The old civilized worlds are just a fading golden memory, but Teacher's not about to let them go without a fight. Problem is, she's not the leader everyone...