Lesley Krueger: 4 books

He was a tall, handsome farm boy from Mosa Township, southwest of London, Ont., who grew up in a baseball-loving family. Harry Devereaux Fisher's formidable pitching arm and talent as a hitter took him to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and its minor-league affiliates and then to the Pirates proper...

Johnny Bey is a kid who likes to fix things. Mostly he wants to fix his family after his 13-year-old brother Brendan goes missing. Tracking Brendan to an old quarry, Johnny is amazed to find his brother—who’s transparent. A ghost. Brendan tells Johnny that for him to get home, they...

A man with a fetish for women hockey players starts stalking a women's team -- and fixates on Janis Trevor. In this hilarious short story, Janis already faces man problems. Her husband has walked after only a few months of marriage, and now she has a boyfriend who won't commit. As the troll-like stalker...

A riveting story of talent and the price it exacts, set in a richly imagined Victorian England Called the most promising artist of his generation, handsome, modest, and affectionate, Richard Dadd rubbed shoulders with the great luminaries of the Victorian Age. He grew up along the Medway with...