Kathy Taylor’s short story “Tree of the Little Hands” describes a couple carving out a life and a family — in the shadow of a tree.
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In “Dad,” an adult son deals with Alzheimer’s growing effects on his father — and family
In “Dad,” a novel that draws from the author’s experience, a family wrestles with a parent prone to taking off across the country.
In “Sister Liberty,” French refugees are taken in by a 19th-century American religious sect
Author Gregory Hill’s novel “Sister Liberty” explores the bargain of belonging amid the strange and staid, 19th-century fictional town of Solemn, Indiana.
“Striking Range” steers a murder investigation into chilling territory
In “Striking Range,” the seventh Mattie Cobb mystery, author Margaret Mizushima launches a cold-case investigation that hits close to home for her protagonist.
A prisoner in a dystopian world introduces “Rise of the Red Hand”
“Rise of the Red Hand,” the young adult novel by Olivia Chada, seeks to put the threats posed by climate change into a global context through science fiction/fantasy.
“Tell It Slant” drew on creative nonfiction from incarcerated writers
The University of Denver’s Prison Arts Initiative worked across nine DOC facilities to produce the anthology “Tell It Slant,” a Colorado Book Awards finalist.
“Bless the Birds” chronicles a journey to the end of a partner’s life
In this heart-wrenching excerpt, the author and her partner settle in for a working residency, knowing their time together has been cut short.
A tale of home life gone awry from “The Boundaries of Their Dwelling”
With the short story “How to Live Domestically as an Artist,” author Blake Sanz describes a sense of place tainted by turmoil.
Dispelling myths behind creative success paves way to a “Breakthrough”
Author Todd Mitchell stresses that understanding the random nature of commercial success can help creators overcome doubt.
Stranded in a library by a snowstorm, five very different lives converge
“The Night of Many Endings” tells of conflicts and bonds that emerge as a diverse group rides out a blizzard amid the stacks.