Featuring the creative works of some of the talented individuals of Elko County, Nevada, including Jomarie Acosta: A Lost Diety & A Web of Love Fantastic stories of unrequited love and dangerous experiments; Kathryn Hackett Bales: Dumpster Diver, John, & Murphy's Law Heartwarming tales of finding friendship in unexpected places; Patricia Diehl: Journey in Time & Middle-Age Syndrome Poetic reflections on connecting with the past & growing older F.V. Edwards: A Blue Moon, Jeanique, & Yesterday's Tomorrow Tragedy strikes on the moon plus poetry about love & charity Amber Gibson: Legend & Legacy, The Chimes, & The Blue Summoning Stone Poetry about legends & warriors, plus an excerpt from her upcoming novel: Daughter of the Guide Catherine Higgenbotham: Pond Goblin A tale of an encounter with a mythical creature. Heather Kennison: Hike from Hell & Spending the Night at Grandma's Misadventures in the great outdoors plus revisiting the magic of childhood & the love of a grandparent plus Brandy M. Miller: A Simple Smile Exploring the power of a smile. Christie Vannoy: Hidden Blood - Worst Day Ever An excerpt from her debut paranormal romance, Hidden Blood. Jessica Wamsley: Red-Orange Poetic musings about the color red-orange; Barbara Worthington: Life With an Alien One dog, one fence, what could possibly go wrong? Krystin Yamauchi: Collected Poems Life from the perspective of a poet.
Meet the talented members of the Elko County Writers:
F.V. Edwards is a published author whose book, Peach & Brown, can be found on Amazon in both paperback and ebook format. He teaches writing at Great Basin College.
Pat Diehl is a published author whose debut book, The Women Who Knew Him, came out this year. She has published numerous short-stories and continues to write.
Brandy M. Miller is also a published author whose books include The Write Time: How to find all the time you need to write a book, Creating a Character Backstory, and How to write an eBook in 40 days (or less).
Heather Kennison is a journalist with the Elko Daily Free Press and an up-and-coming fantasy author whose first book, Dragon's Destiny, is currently in editing.
Jomarie Acosta is an up-and-coming author whose first published stories appears in this anthology.
Kate Bales is a spunky up-and-coming author with a love for animals that shows through in her work. Her first book, Crazy Ladies on a Bus, is due out Winter 2013, and she is currently working on a sequel, Crazy Ladies on a Train.
Catherine Higgenbotham is a 2nd grade elementary school teacher and aspiring writer who is currently working on creating the purrfect mystery.
Amber Gibson is another up-and-coming author whose first book, Daughter of the Guide, is due out in 2014.
Christie Vannoy is an up-and-coming paranormal romance writer whose book, Hidden Blood, is due out Spring 2014.
Jessica Wamsley is a high school student and aspiring author whose first published poem is found in this book.
Barbara Worthington is an up-and-coming writer with an incredible sense of humor who is in the editing stage of her first book.
Krystin Yamauchi is an aspiring poetess. This anthology contains her first published poems.
