Stepart Designs: 13 books

Missus Buck--Part Two (A Short Story)--from the Trouble Down South Series (Also Read Slave Auction--Part One) A 6850-Word Short Story If you liked "Slave Auction" from Trouble Down South and Other Stories, you're going to love to hate "Missus Buck," a 6850-word...

The Girlfriend Tales Series (Volume I) The Girlfriend Tales is a series of short stories that addresses issues women grapple with from relationships to family to work and everything in between. Sprinkled with a dash of humor, these short stories offer a bit of mischief, mayhem, and even a murder or two. The short stories are of varied lengths from 3000-11,000 words.

The Ties That Kill (Part Two) (A 10,880-Word Short Story from the Girlfriend Tales Series) -- Buy individual short stories or the whole collection--The Girlfriend Tales Series (Volume 1). Part Two--Ellyn's plan to get Jameson away from Maggie falls through because of Chuck's violent...

Slave Auction--Part One (A Short Story)--from the Trouble Down South Series (Also Read Missus Buck--Part Two) A 7753-Word Short Story Master Finnius has died, and his widow must sell off his holdings. Included in these holdings are 22 slaves. In Slave Auction, Horatio, one of the...

The Hankering (A Short Story) A 9000-Word Short Story Miss Carmelia Faye Lafayette is a tough-as-nails owner of an early 1900’s barrelhouse-turned-sophisticated juke joint called The Hankering in the Deep South of Mississippi. At the Hankering, there's a lot of fighting and a great deal...

The Dust Storm (A 3936-Word Short Story) In the 1930's, during the Great Depression, Muriel must contemplate moving back East with her daughter and Maw Maw, after spending several years with her husband, Palmer, in the Dust Bowl of Texas. The idea of owning his own farm has been Palmer's...

Slave Auction -- Master Finnius has died, and his widow must sell off his holdings. Included in these holdings are 22 slaves. In Slave Auction, Horatio, one of the slaves, is ripped from the arms of his mother and sold into bondage. This story will bring you to tears as you learn the fate of this...

Enslavement, murder, abuse, illness: there’s real trouble for the characters in Trouble Down South and Other Stories. The short stories take the reader on a journey to the past through a collection of interestingly crafted pieces of flawed humanness, social injustice, and redemption, and even humor....

A 2334-Word Short Story War is hell...but so is the homefront. How can a man whose life is saved in the war not acknowledge the man who saved him? "Rock" is a 2334-word short story about a colored World War I veteran who saves a whole white infantry unit. Hezekiah Bennett--nicknamed...

Toxic Lies (Part One) (A 9624-Word Short Story from the Girlfriend Tales Series) -- Buy individual short stories or the whole collection--The Girlfriend Tales Series (Volume 1). Part One--Jealous of her sister Maggie and wanting everything she has, including her men, Ellyn hatches...

Grandpa's Courtship (A Short Story) (A 1919-Word Short Story) A humorous tale of love...the second time around. Horace fails to invite his female suitor to the annual church picnic, and in doing so, suffers the wrath of the irritated woman who makes it clear to him in no uncertain...

The Bootlegger Haze Series is a special two-part ebook series by southern and historical fiction author, Katrina Parker Williams. Bonus features included in the series: a southern terminology definition list and favorite bootlegger recipes from some of the main characters--August, Buford Tee, Ton...

  The Bootlegger Haze Series is a special two-part ebook series by southern and historical fiction author, Katrina Parker Williams. Bonus features included in the series: a southern terminology definition list and favorite bootlegger recipes from some of the main characters--August, Buford...