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Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from?  I've been an Okie my entire life. Born in Bartlesville, home of Phillips 66; then spent a few years in Grove, a small lake town in northeast Oklahoma; and finally moved to Oklahoma City in 1998. Due to this, most of my work has some sort of Oklahoma connection. My characters are either from Oklahoma or the story itself is set there. Place is very important to my writing, not only how it affects the senses but also its history, how it bears down on my characters and informs their actions. I write fiction, mainly, both short stories and novels. I'd describe most of my work as dark, written in both the realist and surrealist traditions. Common themes include poverty, both financially and morally; guilt; shame; and redemption. Favorite authors right now include Jose Saramago, James Hannaham, Dave Eggers, Laura Van Den Berg, and Margaret Atwood, among many, many others. How long have you been writing? ...

From acclaimed author, Noah Milligan, comes a short story collection, Five Hundred Poor. The title is derived from Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, “Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy, to invade his possessions.” These are ten stories of those five hundred poor: the jaded, the disillusioned, and the disenfranchised. Purchase at Amazon  or  Barnes and Noble About the author Noah Milligan's debut novel, An Elegant Theory, was shortlisted for the Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize and a finalist for Foreword Review's 2016 Book of the Year. He is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of Central Oklahoma, and his short fiction has appeared in Windmill: The Hofstra University of Literatu...

Trials, tribulations and triggers, from diet and vitamins to exercise and mindfulness. More than a list of common triggers and remedies, My Migraine Story is an emotionally candid personal account, learned through trial and error and bitter experience. *** Tracy is a life-long migraine sufferer. By the time she was forty-five she was out of action for half of every month. She’d been made redundant, her marriage had broken down and she’d become suicidal. Something needed to be done. With only her love of the outdoors, health and wellbeing, she set out on a journey to chase her dream of being a writer. But first she must fight her curse. She started by examining herself closely – what she did, what she ate and how she felt, and recorded it all. Looking closely at diet, supplements, hormones, cosmetics and mental wellbeing, no stone is left unturned. Tracy developed a positive mental attitude to migraine and really started to live. This is a concise and detailed account of how she did ...

The year is 1964 and Carl Gordon is an ill-prepared New York Assistant U.S. Attorney who has lied his way into a transfer to Stockville, Alabama, where he is supposed to monitor and enforce the Civil Rights Act. In a matter of days, the Ku Klux Klan takes aim at him, the outside agitator. Although scrambling just to protect himself and his 12-year-old son, Carl agrees to represent Oleatha Geary, a black family matriarch who has, through a series of unlikely events, inherited a splendid mansion in an all-white, race-restricted neighborhood. At the same time, a forbidden romance between Carl and Oleatha’s daughter, Lenore, shocks everyone, black and white. Within a few weeks, Carl and Oleatha are engulfed in litigation that turns deadly, as Stockville’s white political establishment is hell-bent on keeping segregation alive. Purchase at Amazon  or Barnes and Noble About the author A former reporter for The Detroit News and Los Angeles Herald Examiner and a syndicated colu...

Anne Montgomery has published multiple novels. Her latest, The Scent of Rain, takes on a thrilling escape from the FLDS. She joins The Book Cove to talk about her inspiration for writing and how her latest novel came to be.  The Book Cove: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from?  Anne Montgomery: I grew up in New Jersey, just west of New York City. But since that time, I have lived in Ohio, Luxembourg, Washington D.C., Virginia, Georgia, Connecticut, and Arizona. Some of the moves were triggered by my job as a TV sports reporter and anchor. As most women who ply their trade in front of a TV camera will tell you, we have a shelf life. Once one is nearing forty, we are suddenly no longer qualified to do our jobs. With TV stations unwilling to hire me, I moved into print reporting, which eventually morphed into me becoming a fiction author.  TBC: How long have you been writing? AM:  I started writing when I became a sports reporter. It m...

Fugitive Matt Lanier, unjustly accused of a violent crime, has been hiding in the northeastern Minnesota wilderness for nine months. The law wants him in jail. His enemies want him dead. He simply wants to survive the most brutal winter in decades. After rescuing an injured trapper, Matt is forced to leave his primitive encampment. He undertakes a Herculean trek through a blizzard to Castle Danger, a small town on the rugged North Shore of Lake Superior. There he’s saved from near death by Allyson Clifford, a shrewd and beautiful restaurant owner with secrets of her own. Despite wanting to move on in order to evade his pursuers, Matt helps Allyson weather a business crisis as repayment for her benevolence. Then Allyson’s estranged husband, Donnie Vossler, shows up intent on reclaiming their 8-year-old son, Josh. Caught in the middle of the custody battle, Matt learns about Allyson and Vossler’s criminal past life together and is torn between self-preservation and his growing feelings ...

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