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In “Other People’s Pets,” an animal empath battles her bizarre upbringing
Author R.L. Maizes introduces protagonist La La, whose parents raised her as a burglar -- though she's well on the path to becoming a veterinarian. Will her life veer off the rails?
In “Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside,” the sheltered protagonist finds his existence disrupted
Author Stephanie Harper introduces the title character and the apartment that is his world. And then an unexpected visitor arrives.
“The Three Mrs. Wrights” explores how protagonists fell victim to an emotional grifter
In this excerpt, one of the women enchanted by the same unscrupulous guy awakens from a dreamlike nap to a whirlwind romantic wedding on a Mexican beach
In “Beware the Eyes of Mars” an android starts to fall for a human under its surveillance
Author Jodi Bowersox puts a unique spin on relationships in this passage about a robot assigned to keep an eye on a beautiful -- by human standards -- criminal suspect
A selection of poems from Art Elser’s collection “It Seemed Innocent Enough”
These excerpts cover meditations on being drawn into poetry, appreciating nature, remembering love's spark and even the cosmic significance of a spider's death
“Soyala: Daughter of the Desert” brings to life the great migration of the Pueblo people
Through historical fiction, Cindy Burkart Maynard tells the tale of the 13th-century people in the Four Corners region and why they may have left
Sorcery and swordcraft collide in Cate Glass’ fantasy novel, “An Illusion of Thieves”
Writing under her pseudonym, author Carol Berg introduces the protagonist, her thieving brother and the duelist charged with teaching him the violent art
Beautiful, self-confident and hot tempered, “Queen” Ann Bassett stood up to Colorado’s powerful ranchers
Author Diana Allen Kouris sifts through Bassett's legend to find the facts behind one of the West's most intriguing characters during the 19th-century cattle wars
The escape of an Egyptian princess provides the underpinnings of a trademark Cussler novel
Protagonist Dirk Pitt eventually will be launched on yet another adventure. But first, the authors lay out the ancient story that will tie everything together.
A death, a funeral and a pregnancy propel a narrative told from three points of view
Moving between 1974 and 2007, the author reveals the complex and intertwined lives of three women and their secrets
Strangers on a plane: A man, a woman and a mutually intense feeling that they’ve met before
In "The Dead Girl in 2A," author Carter Wilson introduces the protagonists of a dark thriller in which we also learn of an unseen character behind their meeting
Fickle Midwest weather provides the backdrop for a Colorado author’s collection of interconnected short stories
The slow, anxious time before -- and during -- the ritual of descending into a tornado shelter reveals old secrets and tense family dynamics
A Cherokee girl grows closer to her brother and a secret admirer in the aftermath of abduction
As a community struggles to overcome the violent abduction, one of the victims struggles with her personal demons as well
A murder and time travel set the stage for “Charlie Fiction,” a ghost with revenge on her agenda
A teen boy in love with the victim finds himself pursuing justice, while also in the cross hairs of the killer
A K-9 detective does his job well, which means Deputy Mattie Cobb has another mystery on her hands
In this edition of her ongoing series, author Margaret Mizushima introduces us to the grisly discovery that raises a multitude of questions
That time a Colorado comic took a Hollywood meeting armed with indifference
In "Tragedy Plus Time," the prologue recounts the emotional conflict when professional success arrives in the wake of personal loss
The roots of the Gold King Mine disaster run deeper than the river it polluted
In "River of Lost Souls," author Jonathan Thompson explores disparate forces -- including labor strife -- that ultimately led to missteps that tainted the Animas River
SunLit: Author drew inspiration for novel from dream flirtation, real-life bone cancer battle
It took 10 years, and a lot of "cry-typing," for Sara Jade Alan to bring her young adult fiction to life
