Maren Anderson: 5 books

Liz didn’t mean to start a sex strike…but she'll use it to end a war and win an election. Liz A. Stratton is running for President of the United States to end the unpopular war in Mesopotamianstan. Everything goes as planned until the first debate when Liz’s competitors patronize...

She thinks moving to a ranch will lead to the simple life she craves, but the countryside has other ideas… After divorcing her unfaithful husband, Meg Taylor buys an alpaca ranch to finally do something on her own. Almost as soon as she arrives, she meets not one, but two, handsome—and...

In this short story, Sherri wants a new start, so moves from California to rural Oregon where she takes a new job as a bartender and befriends a wild female peacock. Unfortunately, her former husband manages to track her down just as she is beginning to feel at home. Is she strong enough to send him away and face the loneliness of starting over in a new place?

What is the best thing about catching a fat rainbow trout on a silvery fly? Is it the joy of catching a fish? Or is it a small slice of revenge? A very short story.

Not a Pipe Publishing is one of the only companies in the world to accept author Kamila Shamsie's challenge to only publish women during 2018, making it the Year of Publishing Women. This collection of the best short story submissions showcases the talent of 18 amazing writers across genres who all demonstrate the strength of their voices.