Fiction - Southern

The nine stories in The Lightness of Water & Other Stories (winner of the 2019 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction) are bound by a strong sense of place--Appalachia and the South--and prove that no matter where we go, there's no place far enough...

The morning Bill Becker awakes to find the butterfly tattoo bleeding on his chest, his upwardly mobile life begins its harrowing downward spiral. Exiled from a corporate career and from the failed marriage he left behind in a gated Charlotte community, Bill becomes obsessed...

The twin subjects of love and death run through Ray Morrison's book like a freight train rumbling slowly late at night across a countryside overcome with sadness and loss. I Hear the Human Noise is a masterful collection of short stories, and Morrison is...

Kwambe AnsongBorn on Saturday, Seventh Born ChildOn August 22, 1791, the Haitian war of independence began in flames. On that night, known as the "Night of the Fire," over 100,000 slaves rose up against their hated French overlords, burning every plantation, and executing every...

Still reeling from the scandal that cost him his badge, Randy Mayhill--fallen lawman, dog rescuer, Dr Pepper enthusiast--sees a return from community exile in the form of a dead hog trapper perched on a fence. The fence belongs to the late Van Woods, Mayhill's...

From the farms and pastures of the north Georgia mountains, where pine trees grow in the brick red clay, the tradition of storytelling is alive and well. As rustic as a barbed wire fence, as homey as a light in the window, In the...

It's an unusually warm autumn, 1929, and O.T. Lawrence is about as content as a cotton farmer can be in Five Forks, Georgia. Nothing--not poverty, drought, or even the boll weevi--can spoil the idyllic life he shares with his doting wife and children and...

2020 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award finalist Darrick MacBrehon, a government auditor, wakes among the dead. Bloodied and disoriented from a gaping head wound, the man who staggers out of the mine crack in Redbird, West Virginia, is much more powerful--and dangerous--than the one...

Can Coreen and her mother survive the sins and lies that linger after death? Growing up in a coal mining camp is difficult enough. But, when Coreen Shell's abusive father makes a promise for her thirteenth birthday that could destroy what's left of her...

After suffering tragic loss, Ben Flurry must confront the past and his own grief to become the father his child needs. Ben and Annie Flurry have the perfect family, until an accident takes Annie's life and leaves their daughter severely injured. Now Ben struggles...

Is it a midlife pregnancy or ... cancer? Claire will keep her secret until she s sure but it isn t easy. Neither is trying to buy a home pregnancy test without anyone finding out. Between her twins double wedding, the caterer canceling, a...

Mississippi Library Association 2020 Author Award Winner - Best Fiction"The Prison is an exciting murder mystery led by amateur sleuth Shell Ferguson, who uncovers clues in disarming and lively ways. A brilliant novel " -Michael Hartnett, bestselling author of The Blue RatShell Ferguson visits...

"Dark violence and piebald absurdity share an uncertain border, and now and then some mythmaker on his day off, like Grubb, manages to write within this certainty. A fine book, written for the hell of it, which is a splendid reason."--Time Set in the...

The year was 1864. The freezing winds off Lake Michigan swept across the snow laden grounds and through the cracks of a building that held Southern prisoners in Camp Douglas, Illinois. Huddled with the other prisoners, John mulled over the reasons he had enlisted,...

The Scots-Irish who settled in the North Georgia mountains were--as Margaret Mitchell would say--people with gumption. In Thunder and White Lightning readers meet two families and a host of real-life characters who face the world head-on with a quirky sense of humor and a...

This story is about family; specifically a family separated by slavery, and how they never lose faith that they will reunite one day. They are strong, and persevere, and prosper, like trees planted by the rivers of water...Tom, a young slave boy, was sold...

Recently retired Colleen Hill is always busy, constantly on a quest to make life more interesting. When the ladies' group at her church partners with the local children's home, Colleen jumps in as usual, volunteering to share her passion for cooking with a troubled...

When the going gets tough, the tough hit the beach.After years of being single, Lily's about to head down the aisle again. But just as she's about to take the plunge, she gets cold feet--ice cold.To calm her pre-wedding jitters, Lily and her girlfriends...

It's 1888. Can Belle Carson reinvent her life by moving next door to Thomas Edison's winter estate?From New York Times bestselling author Jane Lorenzini comes a story of heartbreak and healing set against the backdrop of exotic southwest Florida.It's January 1888. The small town...

"Chapel Springs: where anything can happen, and usually does. Claire and her best friend Patsy are as loveable as ever; even with all the new problems they face, they keep their sense of humor. The storyline is believable, and readers will identify with issues...

INSPY Awards Nominee With a friend like Claire, you need a gurney, a mop, and a guardian angel. Everybody in the small town of Chapel Springs, Georgia, knows best friends Claire Bennett and Patsy Kowalski. It's impossible not to, what with Claire's zany antics...

When their father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the sisters cope with the loss in different ways. Recovering from divorce and the collapsing journalism industry, Shannon manages a bottom-feeder rag and considers having a child for her cousin and his lover, an Army veteran....

Mississippi Library Association 2020 Author Award Winner - Best Fiction"The Prison is an exciting murder mystery led by amateur sleuth Shell Ferguson, who uncovers clues in disarming and lively ways. A brilliant novel " -Michael Hartnett, bestselling author of The Blue RatShell Ferguson visits...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story of speculative fiction by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England,...

A political saga spans two generations as it traces the lives of two hopeful U.S. senators and their battles against a New Right media genius who is determined to maintain the status quo.Author: John RussellISBN-10: 1644280833ISBN-13: 9781644280836Publisher: Rare Bird BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2019Pages: 318Format: PaperbackWeight:...

An illumination of the human condition in its ideological indifference to God through a young man's stouthearted search for meaning in the 1920's.Author: Annette ValentineISBN-10: 1642793345ISBN-13: 9781642793345Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/2019Pages: 334Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dReview Citation(s): Foreword 09/12/2019

When Mills Taylor, a talented New York advertising and public relations agent, accepts a job as the director of an educational scholarship foundation in Alston Station, a town near Charleston, South Carolina, she never imagines that her new position will launch a year of...

Reeling from addiction and on the run, accused murderer, Jeff Radcliffe escapes South Carolina authorities by sailing to the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Saint John, Jeff tracks down old sailing rival, Marcel Renaud, who invites him to sail to Trinidad. En route, a storm...

A bighearted novel about family, migration, and the unbearable difficulties of love. Here's a cast of characters you won't soon forget. --Ayana Mathis, author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Winslow's impressive debut novel introduces readers to both a flawed, fascinating character in fiction...

In the summer of '81, Jack has graduated from high school and is headed out on one last road trip with his friends Curtis and Bruce. He can't imagine how out of control things are about to get.When Curtis shoots an old man who...

Bram Stoker's first collection of short stories "Under the Sunset", originally published in 1881. These short stories, unlike most of the stories he is famous for, are perfect for lovers of the dark fantasy and fairy tales. Contents includes: ""Under the Sunset"", ""The Rose...

"Dracula's Guest and Other Supernatural Tales"is a collection of short stories by Bram Stoker, first published as: "Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories". "Dracula's Guest" is Believed to be the omitted first chapter from the original "Dracula" manuscript, it follows an Englishman who visits...

"Bewitched" is a short story by Edith Warton, first published in 1926 in the collection "Here and Beyond". The stories include ghost stories, character studies and social dramas set in Brittany, New England, and Morocco. Along with "The Young Gentleman", "Bewitched" shows clear Gothic...

Joseph's jacobs wonderful collection of original English fairy tales. These stories are some of the most famous and best-loved fairy tales from English folklore, including such stories as 'Tom Tit Tot', 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and others. "English Fairy Tales" is sure to be...

Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of the short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) by Ambrose Bierce. In this text Bierce creatively uses both structure and content to explore the concept of time, from present to past, and reflecting...

Read & Co. Classics presents this brand new edition of the seminal anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin", written by noted American abolitionist, Harriet Beecher Stowe, in 1852. Stowe's novel revolves around the suffering and enslavement of its central character Uncle Tom, a black slave....

Read & Co. Great Essays presents this brand new edition of Jonathan Swift's satirical essay, "A Modest Proposal" (1729). Referring to the worsening state of poverty amongst families and children in Ireland at the time, Swift's proposal is to solve the problem by feeding...

Read & Co. Classics presents this brand new edition of Oscar Wilde's famous play, "The Importance of Being Earnest", first performed in London in 1895. The play questions the nature and purpose of the institution of marriage, poking fun at the morals, assumptions and...

"The Glorious Mystery" is a 1924 collection of essays and vignettes by Arthur Machen. Arthur Machen (1863 - 1947) was a Welsh author and renowned mystic during the 1890s and early 20th century who garnered literary acclaim for his contributions to the supernatural, horror,...

Nothing seems to change in Eden Hill, Kentucky, and that's just fine with Virgil T. Osgood. He's been content to raise his family and run the only service station in town. But when a new station is set to open right across the road...

"Deliciously devious and absolutely delightful, these marvelous stories will keep you captivated Sweeter than sweet tea on the surface, but with smartly sinister secrets only a true southern writer can provide. What a joy to read " --Hank Phillippi Ryan best-selling Agatha and Mary...

Grace Benjamin Listen was just trying to rescue a poor helpless kitten. She certainly didn't plan on falling out of the tree and landing on Dodsworth's newest resident, Dr. Gatlin O'Malley--breaking her arm and wounding her pride in the fall.Gatlin only arrived from Atlanta,...

Maggie vowed to never marry a man who can't laugh or dance, but when she and the dull new doctor in town, Everett Dulanis, wind up spending the night together in an abandoned dugout house, all that changes. Her father is the best man...

Emma Maureen Cummins is fleeing from an overbearing father and the prospect of a loveless marriage in Atlanta, Georgia. She's intrigued by stories of the Oklahoma land rush the previous year, 1889, and buys a train ticket to Oklahoma. After all, that's where the...

An amazing novel, one which interrogates, with such controlled and beautiful writing, what it means to be Southern. Utilizing a unique form and a carefully crafted mystery, Bobotis is a writer capable of deep truths, and this novel announces her as a major voice."...

The Zeppelin Bend is a romance novel. Gabriella King a tall, lithe blonde is a talented painter and also a fantastic tennis player. Gabby is by most people's standards beautiful. She is the only daughter of a wealthy prominent Texas rancher. Life throws Gabby...

For Jack Hartman, the town of Tallahatchie, Mississippi, is an accidental destination. One day he has it all: a beautiful home on the Gulf Coast, an even more beautiful fianc e, Acey Kimmons, and an assured future as the CEO of his family's multimillion-dollar...

Octavus Roy Cohen (June 26, 1891-January 6, 1959) was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Octavus Cohen, a lawyer and newspaper editor, and Rebecca Ottolengui. The Cohens were an old and distinguished Jewish family, very much a part of Charleston's literary society....

Return of the Native Son is the story of Tony Jones, son of Antonio Jones, a Union Army officer who oversaw the Freedmen's Bureau in Beaufort, S.C., after the Civil War. Though his father is of mixed race and passes for white, Tony appears...

In 1995, Chris Holbrook burst onto the southern literary scene with Hell and Ohio: Stories of Southern Appalachia, stories that Robert Morgan described as "elegies for land and lives disappearing under mudslides from strip mines and new trailer parks and highways." Now, with the...