Marion: 1935 books

A short story for readers 6 to 8. Farty-farty Flame-flame feels sad because his only job now is to tow the boat down to the sea, a short distance away from the farm. He feels useless and old because only worthless tractors do this job. Can the mechanic save him or will Farmer Ollie lose his old friend?

"My Mike" is about Marion Sieb Mahoney's childhood dog, Mike. Mike was immortalized in the 1930s after his photo inspired artist Adelaide Heibel to draw him for the 1939 Gerlach Barklow calendar. The cover drawing for "My Mike" also features the author's great grandson, who made a cute comment about...

They say there are two ways to get out of a bad situation; simple and hard. This is a story that takes someone down both paths. Deals behind closed doors are made while others made out in the open. But this is no ordinary game of cat and mouse. New Orleans is a big city with lots of graveyards...

Short story for ages 10+ A terrifying story of a close call between man and pig. Told in the hunter’s lore and language. ‘This is it. My time to die,’ blasted through my mind.

Short story for ages 10+ A humorous story where Mutha is not welcome on an overnight ‘boy’s only’ hunt. Told in the hunter’s lore and language. “I had to use my rubber-band-on-the-wrist reminder to keep my mouth shut at all the dumb things she came up with, like wanting a shower in the morning.”

Ages 10+ Two stories and a poem showing how hunting lives in the heart of three boys. If you want to be a pig hunter, do you need to be strong? Two mates go hunting – but …

Ages 10+ A hair-raising pig hunting story told in the hunter’s language and lore. ‘I’d been harassing Dad for ages to take me pig hunting but all I got was, “You’re too young, you’ll be a nuisance, maybe next year.” Then I get the green light.’

Short story for ages 10+ A death-defying story showing life as a shooter from a venison recovery helicopter. Told in the hunter’s lore and language. ‘I’d seen plenty of photos of shooters riding the chain. I admired their courage, but always whispered ‘bugger that’ and here I was – my turn.’

Short story for ages 10+ A jovial up-beat story of a young boy who sets out to catch a stoat. Told in the hunter’s lore and language. “When I found dead hens in our hen house, and saw something with a long black fluffy tail flash by me and disappear under the wood pile, Pop knew exactly what we were dealing with.”

It's bad enough for a teen-age boy to wake up with amnesia,  strange burns on his legs, and even stranger nightmares. But when a creepy stranger claiming to be his father tried to remove him from the hospital, his adventure was just beginning -- unless, of course, the adventure had already happened.

A collection of three ghost stories about the souls on life's fringes: Blood Home (12,000 words) in which Addison tries to go home after the death of his brother, only to find that the ghosts of his past won't be easily laid to rest; Digging (2,500 words) in which Devin meets an unlikely...

Bookmarked for Murder features Juanita Wills, intrepid (aka nosy) public librarian in the small town of Wyndham, Oklahoma. In this first book in the Scrappy Librarian series, Juanita takes on a dangerous mix of murder, local militias, and deep-seated racism, as she tries to get to the bottom of a...

Sixteen years ago, June was abandoned on the door of a fire hall. Her mother placed her there. Then vanished. Disappeared. The only evidence of June’s mother was a photograph taken by a surveillance camera as she walked away. Now a teenager, June is on the run. She follows breadcrumbs...

On the morning of December 28, 1908, a massive earthquake killed more than 100,000 people in Messina, Sicilys third largest city, and took the lives of thousands more throughout southern Italy. Relief efforts began at once. Newspaper reporters and other writers from all quarters rushed to the scene of...