It’s human nature to love. We can’t help ourselves. Love is complicated. Sometimes, it brings us comfort. Other times, it’s the bane of our existence. We get caught up in it anyway. Fall in love with the characters in this multi-genre collection. Share in their joy and heartbreak. These stories will tear at your emotions as they remind you what it means to love. With imaginative tales like Princess of Fereylind, slice-of-life stories like Family Frolic, the magic realism found in Sofia’s Snow Day, and the tragedy of Had We Known, this anthology will bring readers through the vicissitudes of love.
Meet Tiffany Higgins
Tiffany Higgins is an award-winning creative storyteller who writes stories across a handful of genres. Her imaginative stories entertain readers from around the globe. Tiffany enjoys writing and finds it a relaxing pastime. She only wishes she could devote far more time to her craft. She dreams of one day quitting her job and writing full-time. She is living the dream in Michigan with her husband, two kids, and their cats.
From a desert highway in West Texas to the plains of frontier Kansas to an abandoned mine in New Mexico, from a courtroom to a high school girls’ speech contest to a nursing home, from the side yard of a suburban home to a youth revival to the halls of an urban high school, K.C. Knouse puts the main characters of the thirteen short stories and novella included in this collection into circumstances that challenge assumptions they have made about themselves, their lives, and the world in which they live:
The mother who is estranged from her son. The young woman who has doubts about her relationship with an older man. The widower who struggles to accept the death of his wife. The young man who is fearful of becoming his abusive father. The homesteader who fights to redeem his pride. The aging salesman whose livelihood is threatened by technology. The father who relives his past at the expense of his relationship with his son. The boy who discovers that having money creates as many problems as it solves. The veteran teacher who crosses an emotional boundary in spite of herself. The teenage boy whose relationship with God is complicated by a pretty girl and a misunderstanding. The woman who doubts her decision to put her husband into a nursing home. The man whose faith in the justice system is shaken. The high school girl who is self-conscious about a birthmark on her face. The middle-aged insurance adjuster who receives more than he bargained for when he comes to the aid of an attractive woman.
K.C. Knouse uses compassion, humor and an eye for detail to bring these characters to life and bind their stories to your heart.
Meet K.C. Knouse
K.C. Knouse is the author of Twenty Miles West of Branch, Texas and other stories, a collection of short fiction, A Short Stack of Short Fiction, Three Character Driven Short Stories, and a non-fiction book, True Prosperity: Your Guide to a Cash-Based Lifestyle (1996, Double-Dome Publications).
Knouse began writing for publication in 1985 and has had his short fiction published in print literary magazines and online at Wattpad.com. He wrote a personal finance blog, LiveOnCash, from 2010 to 2021.
A career outside salesperson, Knouse enjoyed a forty-year career in the printed products industry. He spent most of his career as a self-employed person.
K.C. Knouse lives on the U.S./Mexico border in far west Texas. More information can be found on the author’s website, KCKnouse.com.
