Strong at Broken Places - format ePub

"BEWARE OF ARTISTS: They mix with all classes of society and are therefore the most dangerous." ~ A propaganda poster circulated during the McCArthy Era  Writers are among the most dangerous of artists....

A collection of award winning poetry and prose from League of Utah Writers 2024 contests

A collection of Utah's Best Poetry & Prose from the League of Utah Writers annual writing contests. Pieces chosen by 2023 Writer of the Year Bryan Young.

Since 1935, the League of Utah Writers has welcomed, supported, and educated the writers and poets of our beautiful state. This anthology is a testament to the gentle outreach and embrace of the volunteers...

A collection of the year's best fiction, poetry, and personal essays selected by the League of Utah Writers 2021 Writer of the Year, Caryn Larrinaga. Featuring twenty recipients of the Olive Woolley Burt...

"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places."
- Ernest Hemingway
 What does it mean to break, to fall, to fail, to suffer? When we emerge from life's trials, are we...

The League of Utah Writers, in cooperation with Thrive125 and Utah Humanities, presents a look back at the first 125 years of Utah's statehood. This collection of poetry, prose, and essays paint a picture...

A collection of the year's best fiction, poetry, and personal essays, featuring thirty-seven recipients of the Olive Woolley Burt and Typewriter Awards: Linda Allison, Alice M. Batzel, Joseph A. Batzel,...

'I was obsessed from the first page to the last. A strange, beautiful, deeply intelligent and provocative investigation into humanity. The Employees is an alarmingly brilliant work of art’ Max PorterOn...

Alchemist. Poisoner. Reluctant queen. Wren Embervale knows her duty demands a crown, even if it means a strategic betrothal to the influential Lord Darian Devereux. Their arranged marriage promises the...

'An epic voyage well worth taking' Telegraph'There is nothing quite like a James Buchan novel' Financial TimesAutumn, 1785. Two young boys, in the uniform of officer cadets of the Royal Military College,...

In a town where the dead won’t stay buried, is love salvation . . . or the deadliest game of all? Blackthorn is a tautly written, deliciously gothic tale from J. T. Geissinger, author of TikTok sensation...

‘Warm and funny and feel-good. The best sort of holiday read’ Katie FfordeAt Ravendale Castle, nestled in the snowy heart of the Lake District, Lara is busy preparing for the Winter Spectacular — a glittering...

SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL’S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025‘It is dangerous to want someone this much. He has always known it, from the very first night.’It is September 1974. Two men meet by chance in Venice....

'The Wax Child proves Olga Ravn’s ahead of the game. She's the strangest - and best - young novelist in Europe' Telegraph‘Olga Ravn is a master and an alchemist. There's nobody else doing quite what she...

With top-hat and cane in hand, Scotland Yard's DI Stamford Hawksmoor shadows the murky backstreets of London on the hunt for a sadistic serial killer. In the dying days of the French occupation of Britain,...

PART OF THE NORTHERN WEIRD PROJECTIn the near future, England is experiencing the hottest summer in living memory. An unnamed environmental scientist is tasked with evaluating the impact of a controversial...

She can't read his mind. He can't read hers. But you can read both. The iconic '90s rom-com from the number-one bestselling authors.Dating in the 90s sucks. Men are from Mars, women are from Venus and...

If you love books like THE HOUSEMAID, you will LOVE this . . .Praise for Noelle W. Ihli:‘Hands down one of my favourite reads of the year’ FREIDA MCFADDEN'A true classic in the genre' LISA JEWELL'A propulsive...

Three men. One snowstorm. Zero chance she’s staying single.Return to Starlight Grove in this winter, 'why choose' Cozyverse romance from Eliana Lee. . .‘Why choose and omegaverse is an art form if you...

'STUNNING' RICHARD SWAN'GREATHOUSE IS A MASTER' RYAN ROSE'ABSOLUTELY RIVETING' THE FANTASY HIVE'MARTIN BY WAY OF SAPKOWSKI' FANFIADDICTA LAND DIVIDED. A HISTORY INKED IN BLOOD. ONE SORCERESS'S QUEST FOR...

READERS LOVE SCOTT MARIANI:'Could not put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Can't wait for the next one' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Historical fiction at its best' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Totally hooked . . . Scott Mariani never fails' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐THE THRILLING NEW...

Aramchek - the word scratched in the sidewalk of the president's childhood home.Aramchek - the name of the subversive society 'with no official membership' whose sole purpose is to overthrow the American...

The creatures from Saturn's moon Titan could appear human or inhuman at will. And the elaborate contest they set up with the remnants of Earth's humanity was just as treacherous. Pete Garden was one of...

For years, the third moon in the Alphane system was used as a psychiatric hospital. But when war broke out between Earth and the Alphanes, the hospital was left unguarded and the inmates set up their...

A wildland firefighter stumbles into a romance with a secretive EMT in the smoking hot first book of the BookTok viral Sky Ridge Hotshots series. ‘I want us to be more than fun, Prescott. I wanna make...

A frozen island.A monastery turned political prison.A cipher inked in blood.When anarchist poet Katya Efremova is transferred to the prison colony on Solovetsky Island, she finds an enigma among her returned...

IT'S THE MOST MURDEROUS TIME OF THE YEAR…Puzzle compiler and former Christmas sceptic Edie O’Sullivan returns in the newest seasonal mystery from bestselling author and ‘Queen of the Christmas Mystery’...

'Cledwyn Hughes is Aikmanesque in his ability to unnerve and unsettle, and is at once both uncanny and droll, The Inn Closes for Christmas is a dark and bizarre tale of obsession and its consequences'...

'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICKThe gripping new mystery in the bestselling Bob Skinner series from the acclaimed Quintin Jardine.His native Scotland stands on the...

TWO CHOSEN ONES WITH ONE CHOICE: THE WORLD OR EACH OTHERA Fate So Cold is the first of a new blockbuster duology from the New York Times bestselling authors of All of Us Villains, Amanda Foody & C....

'This book should come with a warning: once you start you won't be able to stop reading! I am still trying to pick my jaw up off the floor' Reader Review ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Ten years since she was pushed. Now...

One weekend five years ago, they had an unforgettable fling.An affair with no commitments.The past returns with the fury of a backdraft now that they've encountered each other again.Andrea Trask is a...

Outside Vallorgana, a tiny, isolated village high in the foothills of the Dolomites, the 'Duke' lives in the villa of his aristocratic ancestors. The last in the centuries' old line of the Cimamontes,...

There are moments in history—and in the heart—when man is stripped of everything but his will to choose. It is in such moments that the question of meaning becomes not a philosophical luxury, but a matter...

"Every shadow hides a story... and hers is just beginning."Beneath a moonlit sky, where the veil between worlds grows thin, destiny begins to stir. Spellbound Shadows (The Veil Saga) by Chontel Spankie-Innes...

Every concussion has a voice. Every hit, a ghost. Malcolm Reese is about to meet them all. A visceral descent into the shattered mind of a man haunted by the very glory that defined him.

Joe Hunter is back and fighting for his life! After his hometown is destroyed by a hurricane Joe Hunter feels duty bound to assist with the clean up. His home has been reduced to matchsticks but that's...