Loretta Miles Tollefson: 10 books

Poetry that will change the way you think about the people in the New Testament. Mary At The Cross celebrates events in the New Testament by exploring them through the eyes of people who were there. In these thirty quietly lyrical yet accessible poems, Loretta Miles Tollefson combines her award-winning...

And Then Moses Was There celebrates events in the Old Testament by exploring them through the eyes of people who were there. In these quietly professional yet accessible poems, Loretta Miles Tollefson combines her award-winning poetic skills and knowledge of the Bible to look in a new way at...

Win the Lottery, live happily ever after! Well, maybe. When Ruth and Joe Marsh win the New Mexico Lottery jackpot, they realize almost immediately that things are going to be a little complicated than they'd thought. But anything's possible for them now! Nothing but good can come of having...

He has no family. She wishes hers would leave her alone. Lawrence's mother has just died. With the little money he has left after paying her medical bills, he heads to Seattle to make a fresh start. Deborah has plenty of family support, but not for moving to the big city. Her parents...

But Still My Child is a set of poems from the heart of one grieving woman to another. Written over a period of thirty years, the poems in But Still My Child express the immediate pain as well as the lingering ache that miscarriage can bring. They do not provide easy answers. Instead, they acknowledge...

“The two men had circled the corral and were in the forest beyond the garden, Baker stumbling over the rocky ground as it sloped upward, Charles behind him, rifle pointing at Baker’s back. As they disappeared into the trees, Gregoria heard a blast from the gun, then another.” It’s 1867 in...

Just a man. Known for his character, not the color of his skin. That's all Gerald, son of a free black man and an Irish servant girl, wants to be. It's an impossible goal in slave-holding Missouri, but in the West, mountain men and villagers alike seem to accept him without question. New...

Short stories set in Old New Mexico, many based on actual people or events. Includes: That Damn Mule. A green-broke mule balks at the rain-slicked shale on a narrow mountain path. That'll Teach 'Em. A group of trappers encounters Apaches in the Gila wilderness. They Were My Friends....

Benjamin nodded and pushed himself away from the bar. "Elizabethtown," he repeated as he hitched up his trousers. "Now there's an idea." Forty-two micro-stories set in Old New Mexico, each less than 500 words long, and many based on actual people or events. Includes: Rattled. On the...

Suzanna hates everything about her New Mexico mountain home. The isolation. The short growing season. The critters after her corn. The long snow-bound winters in a dimly-lit cabin. But she loves Gerald, who loves this valley. So Suzanna does her unhappy best to adjust, even when the...