Telling Stories Press: 13 books

A mother walks into John Devin, PI’s office with one request - clear her son of a murder he didn’t commit, before he’s executed, the next day. Right. And the murder? Only Liliana McGann, the biggest starlet in Hollywood. Used by everyone who could get a piece of her until someone was finally...

Christmas. 1929. Los Angeles. John Devin, ex-Marine and current PI, sits at his bar stool nursing a whisky and cracked ribs. Then a buddy walks in. Out of the blue. Like fate brought him in.  The buddy’s request: keep him alive until he sells a certain diamond. But that diamond...

It’s 1930s Los Angeles and ex-Marine, and current PI, John Devin tackles his first case — get back millions stolen from Little Jackie Sunshine, America’s famous child star. The problem? Her rancid mother is the one who stole it. All of it. For Devin there’s only one way to go — get it back....

Nothing shocks in 1930s Los Angeles — except five of the most brutal murders the city has ever seen. Five women killed. A city plagued — until Devin enters a world of brutality even he never imagined. Haunted by the shadow of the most brutal chapter of his own life, Devin races to...

A John Devin, PI Short Story… Devin is on a fresh case to recover money and bootleg booze belonging to Toots, the owner of Devin’s favorite LA speakeasy. The money and booze found, he gets a little more than he bargains for. A case within a case, that leads Devin to his new best...

A guide for generating personal narrativesby illuminating the journal-memoir connectionA guidebook that gives you creative, thought-provoking ways to shape your personal writingsUses tried and true techniques, along with story-generatingprompts to explore the metaphors of the stories...

~Bridges the journal-memoir connection~Suggests techniques along with an array of story-generating prompts~Provides an excellent resource for extractingexpressive and creative personal narratives~Mines the depths of which personal writing can play an integral part in unearthing your life stories~Helps you to follow the story of your inner lifeTo the place where memory meets insight

A collection of short personal narratives and memoirs. Featuring works by the following authors: Sandra Branum; Ann Marie Byrd; Janet Youngblood; Tiffany Joy Butler; Cathleen Calbert; Martha Clarkson; Theresa Corbin; Madeline Davis; Francis DiClemente; Kent H. Dixon; Cathy Crenshaw Doheny; Paul Dragavon;...

Featuring works by the following authors: Debra Baker; Richard Ballon; Diane Hoover Bechtler; Madeleine Beckman; J.D. Blair; Martha Everhart Braniff; Regina Murray Brault; David Breeden; Douglas G. Campbell; Yu-Han Chao; Casey Clabough; Beth Lynn Clegg; Elayne Clift; Alan Cohen; Karen de Balbian Verster;...

A volume of short memoir chapbooks comprised of compelling narratives. The following authors and titles are featured: Deep Blue: Poems of a Navy Life by Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot; My Life in Shoes by Pamela L. Laskin; The Enigma by Gerri Luce; Scenes from My Life on Hemlock Street: A Brooklyn Memoir...

A collection of flash memoirs and personal narratives featuring the works of new and award winning authors showcasing the art of personal narratives. Featuring work by: Michelle Ardillo, Sharine Aupke, Jade Banks, Victoria Brott, Jamie Brunson, Notty Bumbo, Katrenia Busch, Kelley Calvert, Andres Cisneros,...

In her third book, a memoir, McCord uses the lens of the present to delve into the past: McCord was born in Monrovia, Liberia, Africa, the daughter of a CIA Officer and a beautiful, sheltered, young mother of Irish catholic descent, ten months after the birth of her sister. After a brief stay in Florida,...

A heartfelt collection of narratives of various forms and shapes on grief, loss and remembrance. The following authors and titles are featured: MEGHAN K. BARNES Mad World; MARY CARPENTER Longing; FREDDA DURANDO My Fathers Hands; PAMELA GAY The Family Funeral;KELSEY GILMAN Forgiving Maren; JO GOING...