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Cathy Callen, D2 Member and State Secretary, Publishes Book with Meadowlark Press

4/29/2022

 
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“I have a lot of marbles. I confess to you that I have 18,734 of them, more or less,” writes Cathy Callen in the opening essay of Marble Shorts.
 
Marble Shorts contains eight essays, filled with sparkles of color that rival the marble images that adorn these pages. This book is a gift to the collector, the curious soul, the seeker of color in this bleary-eyed world, and the rest. Meet the Marble Lady of Kansas City. Meet the Girl Scout who uses marbles to earn her “think like an engineer” badge. Meet Bruce of the Moon Marble Company. You just never know what might happen if you plant a marble. It may grow!

“What spectators view as art in homes, businesses, and museums is the culmination of a creative process that starts with an idea. The work that goes into transforming a creative idea into something that can be displayed is not always obvious. If you are a patron of the arts, I would think your interest would lie primarily in the finished product—what you can see, what you can admire, what you might purchase, what you would then display. If you are an artist, the journey toward that destination belongs to you.” –CC
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What Readers are saying:
A sense of nostalgia pervades this charming work which introduces readers to extraordinary collectors—people who collect off-beat adventures, lasting friendships, and fascinating skills, as well as marvelous marbles. This is a summery, sunny book that can warm a winter’s day. It is a book to slow down with, to savor and enjoy, and perhaps coax up a memory or two. –Kathy Koplik
Marble Shorts is a collection of gems. Profiles, pictures, and personal observations about passion, all inspired by those perfectly round glass objects that generate smiles throughout the world. Cathy Callen introduces us to connoisseurs, history, manufacturing, and, most importantly, the sheer enchantment of those magical pieces. In this case, one can judge a book by its cover; the photo of a blue marble between the toes of a baby's foot promises the delightful read to be delivered. –Romalyn Tilghman, author, To the Stars Through Difficulty, 2018 Kansas Notable Book
Cathy Callen checks all of the boxes with this delightful book. You can’t imagine how many times I interrupted what my wife, Nancy, was doing to relate or read aloud what I’d just read. –Jack Kline, author of Rhapsody
Both Cathy Svacina and Bruce Breslow are at the top of their game when it comes to marbles . . . excellent biographical material on them, as well as the other individuals mentioned in this book. The variety of stories relating to collecting marbles and collecting in general is widespread. Well done!  –R. Merwin Kirkwood
I enjoyed learning about the people in the stories—all of whom began their marble journeys at different stages of their lives and for somewhat different reasons, although as I read through the book, it seemed clear that love of color, focus on art and science, and personal memories created their individual journeys toward creating their various collections. –Gayle Stuber
Ms. Callen has a great appreciation of enthusiastic people who take pleasure in simple joys. It is a perfect release for these anxious times. –Jim and Lene Brooke
Purchase Marble Shorts
Visit Cathy's Website
PictureCathy Callen
When I was a child, play was mostly physical. I loved to roller-skate, swim, ride my bike, walk along rock walls, and even climb a few trees. Reading was play, for me, too, and a main way I spent my time when I wasn’t outside. Family leisure time involved working puzzles and board games together, or playing cards—especially on summer vacations to Minnesota when we’d play Canasta and Hearts while slapping at mosquitoes. I had my first near-death experience at age eight, when my Dad sent me to a strip mall near our house in Salina to purchase the game of Monopoly. After making my purchase, I decided to cut through an alley behind the store. Proud of my accomplishment and hugging the bag with the Monopoly game close to me, I started to sprint home and was nearly struck by a speeding car in the alley. I did live to tell about it, and we played a lot of Monopoly.
   Play is different now.
   Any time there is a camera in my hand, or a yellow legal pad and a pen nearby, I am happy. Throw in a few thousand brightly colored marbles that need tending, and I can be ecstatic.

Hazel Hart Debuts Spinoff Series to Pierce Family Saga

4/29/2022

 
​In 1860, a woman denied her inheritance and desperate for an income meets a man who lies to her, then offers her employment. Should she trust anything he says?

Because Hannah True, 38, has no husband, her father’s will leaves the hotel she has been managing to her brothers-in-law. They decide to sell, leaving Hannah without a home or income. While traveling by steamboat to visit her aunt in New York City, she meets a man who takes an unexplained interest in her and then offers her a job in his detective agency. The work sounds too dangerous and nomadic for a woman who hopes to provide a home for her two motherless nieces, so she rejects the offer.

Then a frantic mother’s plea for help in finding her missing baby touches Hannah’s heart. She joins the agency on a temporary basis and begins the hunt for the child.

As the investigation heats up, physical threats against the young mother intensify Hannah’s concerns about whether this is a profession she should pursue. Join Hannah as she weighs the dangers and rewards of this possible new occupation.

If you enjoyed the Pierce Family Saga, you've already met Hannah True aka Aunt Hannah.
Purchase Uprooted Here
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Hart Hart is a member of Kansas Authors Club, District 2. 
Pierce Family Saga

Upcoming Book Release: Jim Potter

4/29/2022

 
District 6 President, Jim Potter, has written Deputy Jennings Meets the Amish (a novella), released by Sandhenge Publications. Read/listen to chapter one on the author's website.

Stay tuned for news about the book launch date!
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Jim Potter Website

Welcome New Member Ralvell Rogers II

4/25/2022

 
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Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Ralvell Rogers II to the Kansas Authors Club. He's from the Kansas City area, District 2. 

Here's a little about Ralvell: 


Ralvell Rogers II is the Founder and CEO of Ambitious Stories, LLC, an independent publishing company that focuses on uplifting often unheard, yet riveting voices of the Midwest, especially Kansas City.

​With Ambitious Stories, Ralvell has published “The Kansas City Boys Choir: Providing Hope For Tomorrow” in collaboration with Mr. Ah'Lee Robinson and The Kansas City Boys Choir, and “Improvise: Poems and Sketches” by Kevin Rabas, who is the former Poet Laureate of Kansas (2017-2019).

Rogers was the youth reflection speaker for the Kansas City Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, and before graduating with his BA in English, Creative Writing at Emporia State University, Rogers founded and presided over the Black Artists’ Club and was the first student-recipient of the Presidential Award for Distinguished Service to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2018.

Currently, Ralvell is diligently working through edits for his first book while reviewing applications for The Ambitious Stories Book Scholarship. He looks forward to graduating with his MFA at American University in May, 2022.

Welcome, Ralvell! We're glad to have you with us.

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The Bicycle Issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader: A Kansas Journal of Creative Nonfiction

4/25/2022

 
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105 Issue #3 Cover Photo by Scott Branine, flickr.com/photos/scott_branine/
Congratulations to Kansas Authors Club members with essays in the “True Bicycle Stories” issue (#3) of 105 Meadowlark Reader.

(D2) Bicycles: A Love Story by Boyd Bauman

(D5) Where I Like by Julie Ann Baker Brin

(D1) BlueBoy by Annabelle Corrick

(D2) A Green Bike by Monica Graves

(D2) The Bucket List by Beth Gulley

(D2) Going to C’ago by Carolyn Hall

(D2) Whoa by Jerilynn Henrikson,

(D2) Blue English Racer by Deb Irsik

(D2) My First, Last, and Only Bike by Sally Jadlow

(D5) What I Learned from Riding the Bicycle by Amy Deckert Kliewer

(D5) Bicycles in Kansas Yards by Sandee Lee

(D2) Dust on My Shoulders by Kerry Moyer

(D2) A Rolling Start by Peg Nichols

(D6) I Didn’t Have a Bicycle but I had a Paper Route by Jim Potter

(D5) Country Biking in Kansas by Cynthia C. Schaker

(D1) They Traded My Horse for a Bicycle by Anne Spry

(D1) The Race by Barbara Waterman-Peters

(D2) Bicycles: Bane or Boon by Brenda White

(D2) On Shaky Wheels by Mary Kate Wilcox

​(D7) Bike Ride by Sheree Wingo
 

The Bicycle Issue will be delivered to Partner Bookstores and Subscribers beginning in May.

The submission period for the Fall 2022 issue is May 1-June 30. The theme is (True) Food Stories.
Learn more at 105MeadowlarkReader.com
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About 105 Meadowlark Reader

Our Mission
To create a forum for sharing the work of Kansas writers.
To build and uplift the community of Kansas writers.  
To share and promote resources for Kansas writers.
 
105 Meadowlark Reader will strive to represent the diversity of writers in Kansas.
 
105 Meadowlark Reader is a journal of creative nonfiction by and for writers who live or have lived in Kansas.

Each issue
will contain a directory of area resources for writers. Publishers, printers, editors, book designers, cover/interior artists, bookstores, writing clubs, and anyone who provides services to writers is invited to submit details for our directory at no charge.

District 1 invites poetry readers to first open mic on April 20

4/19/2022

 
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In what organizers are calling a "soft launch," lovers of words and poetry writers in general will have a chance to share that love this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom (see link below). It's the first of what will soon be regular monthly Open Mic events sponsored by District 1 of Kansas Authors Club.
Meetings will be held every third Wednesday. Beginning in May, the Words in the Wind Open Mic events will be held in person at Roundtable Bookstore in NOTO. The events will rotate between poetry and prose/storytelling each month with plans to have guest presenters each time.
Beginning in June, Kay Dugganator Spezia will be the guest host at Words in the Wind. She is an award-winning poet, fiction writer and storyteller who appears at several open mic venues in the area. She was named the Best Host for Spoken Word Awards in 2020 and nominated for the same in 2021.
Poets from all over the state are welcome to attend this first open mic and D-1 organizers would also welcome those able to travel to Topeka for the in-person venue at Roundtable.

    Please send me the zoom link!

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Warren Ashworth and Susan Kander Reading in Newton on April 22

4/18/2022

 
Book Reading: We, the House (set in Newton, KS)

WHO: Authors Warren Ashworth and Susan Kander

WHEN: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 at 7:00 pm

WHERE: Warkentin Historic House Museum,
211 E 1st St, Newton, KS 67114

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public

ABOUT THE EVENT The authors will read passages from We, the House. The book begins in 1878 in the frontier town of Newton on the Kansas prairie. There a battered Civil War Union veteran builds his new wife her dream house, an Italianate glory she names Ambleside who tells this story. Soon an early American portrait of Mrs. Simon Peale arrives from Hartford, Connecticut to dignify the dining room wall. She can hear and see what goes on inside the house. He can see what occurs outside. Each is isolated and alone until the portrait’s existential yelp causes house and painting to discover each other, Ambleside is a perfect ‘tabula rasa,’ almost literally born yesterday, and Mrs. Peale is a devastated young widow, a starchy professor of Latin, who has been dead since 1841.

Mr. Ashworth will discuss the History of Balloon Framing at the same location on Saturday, April 23 at 4:00pm. Learn more here.

The History of Balloon Framing and Ambleside (a historic house in Newton, KS)

4/18/2022

 
Author and Architect Warren Ashworth (D5 member)

WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 4:00 pm

WHERE: Warkentin Historic House Museum, 211 E 1st St, Newton, KS 67114

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public


ABOUT THE EVENT
Mr. Ashworth will discuss the history of balloon framing, a type of home construction that allowed diverse styles of houses, such as Newton’s Italianate home, Ambleside, to flourish during the nineteenth century. Ambleside, built in 1883 and now lovingly restored, is a prime example of what could be accomplished with the new type of framing versus what traditional American timber-framing allowed: plain boxes with peaked rooves.

Mr. Ashworth, author, architect, professor and housewright, will present related photos and drawings along with his talk, some featuring other historic homes in Newton including Warkentin House.

Mr. Ashworth, co-author of We, the House, will also discuss the significance of Ambleside’s preservation to the Newton community and to Kansas at large.
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From Blue Cedar Press:

We, the House, is a delightful and engrossing read about the 130 year relationship between an 1878 Italianate house named Ambleside in Newton, KS and an 1830s portrait of a feisty Latin teacher named Mrs. Peale who died young in 1841 but lives on in a portrait by the now-recognized early American painter Ammi Phillips.

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Call for Submissions: Fellowship for Children's Literature

4/17/2022

 
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The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow is a non-profit organization in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, that offers writing residencies and hosts literary workshops, retreats, and events. We currently have three fellowship opportunities that you may be interested in.
 
Dancing in the Rain is a fellowship for writers of mid-grade or young adult (YA) literature. Candidates should be working on a chapter book that provides inspiration and hope for those struggling with the hardships and challenges that life often metes out. The successful application will demonstrate insight, honesty, literary merit, and the likelihood of publication. Prior publication is not a requirement. The deadline is midnight CST on Monday, June 27, 2022. The fellowship winner will receive a one-week residency at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Residencies must be completed by the end of the year 2023.
 
Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow fellowships provide uninterrupted writing time, a European-style gourmet dinner served on weeknights, the camaraderie of other professional writers when desired, and a community kitchen stocked with the basics. For details or to apply, visit https://www.writerscolony.org/fellowships.

Poem Published in October Hill Magazine

4/15/2022

 
D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., has a poem in the new issue of October Hill Magazine. This is Dean's fifth appearance in the magazine. The link to the Spring 2022 issue is below; it will open to a pdf of the entire issue. Dean's poem, "A Beautiful Death," is on printed page 72. ​
October Hill Magazine

In Memory: Joyce Long

4/15/2022

 
Joyce Long joined Kansas Authors Club in 1997 and served as District 3 President, among other offices, for many years. She was a frequent workshop presenter, speaker, and had a hand in the planning and organizing of multiple conventions. She was a high school English teacher and writer. 

Joyce wrote a series of children's books called The Misadventures of Zortz. The ventriloquist's puppet was a often a feature of her presentations.

    
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Obituary: Joyce Long
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Joyce Long at the 2011 Convention in Coffeyville.
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Joyce Long with William Karnowski at the 2017 convention in Coffeyville.

Invitation to Attend D2 Monthly Meeting (Lawrence)

4/15/2022

 
Please note the time change:
April 16th, 2022
Third Saturday of the Month
10:30am-12:00pm
Lawrence Public Library
Suite A, lower level
707 Vermont Street
Lawrence, Kansas
Live and Zoom meeting
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Leonard Krishtalka will share his experience writing historical murder mysteries. His latest,  The Body on the Bed, about a murder in Lawrence, Kansas, has been described as:

“One of the Best Crime, Mystery and Thriller Books.” 
—Mystery Tribune, September 2021


Leonard Krishtalka is the author of award-winning essays, the acclaimed book, Dinosaur Plots, and The Harry Przewalski Series. As a paleontologist, he has worked throughout the fossil-rich badlands of the American
west, Canada, Patagonia, China, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The Body on the Bed is his 5th book.

    If you would like the Zoom link to attend, please complete this form

    Guests who are contemplating membership are also welcome to attend.
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Michael Stewart Publishes Novel

4/14/2022

 
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D1 member Michael Stewart announces the release of his new novel.
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THE HILLS BE SHAKEN is a thriller about an engineer recruited by the FBI to investigate a terrorist attack in Manhattan, KS.


https://www.amazon.com/Hills-Be-Shaken-Michael-Stewart-ebook/dp/B09TK6D7NJ

Janice Northerns Featured in "Fall for the Book" Podcast

4/14/2022

 
Janice Northerns (D7) of Liberal is featured in the latest podcast by Fall for the Book, produced by George Mason University in Virginia. Hosts Suzy Rigby and Kara Oakley interview Janice about the landscape and its influence on her writing, balancing teaching and writing, and more.  Janice also shares a couple of poems from her book and discusses inspiration for her second poetry collection, currently in progress.

​Janice Northerns is the author of Some Electric Hum, winner of the 2021 KAC Nelson Poetry Book Award, the KU Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award, and a WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Poetry. Her work has been widely published in literary journals, and she recently won the River Heron Review Editors’ Prize for her poem, “The Bleeding Edge.” Click on the link below to listen to the podcast:
 
https://soundcloud.com/user-806669177/fallforthebook_janicenortherns
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Invitation to Submit - Arterial Ink: A William Allen White Legacy Deadline May 10

4/14/2022

 
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ARTERIAL INK: A WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE LEGACY, VOLUME II

2022 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

This contest is for writing in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. The anthology recognizes writers who best evoke a connection to William Allen White, ‘The Sage of Emporia’. In his time as editor of The Emporia Gazette, White published fiction, non-fiction, and poetry and became known around the world. Red Rocks, his home in Emporia, remains as a state historic site honoring his legacy.

The William Allen White Community Partnership board began the annual publication of Arterial Ink in 2021 as a means of contributing to the operation of the home and is now calling for submissions for Volume II. White’s life was many-faceted. We welcome submissions interpreting that connection in many ways: historical, cultural, political, or personal importance, whether literal, imaginary, or metaphorical.

Winners in each genre will be published in Arterial Ink: A William Allen White Legacy, Volume II, and will have the opportunity to deliver their winning entries at the William Allen White Legacy Day celebration in Emporia, Kansas on October 1, 2022. The competition is open to all writers regardless of geographical location. Submissions may not exceed 3,000 words.

For consideration, please send up to three entries to: William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc., 917 Exchange St., Emporia, KS 66801, ATTN: Arterial Ink 2022 or submit your entry at www.reddirtpress.com.

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New D2 Member Releases Fifth Book in the Sydney Lockhart Mystery Series

4/11/2022

 
Kathleen Kaska's fifth Sydney Lockhart mystery, Murder at the Menger, will be released by Anamcara Press on June 26, 2022. It is now available for pre-sale on the Anamcara press website:
https://anamcara-press.com/product/murder-at-the-menger/ and on Amazon.
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Video Link for Gillam Presentation

4/11/2022

 
The presentation by Carrie Gillam at the D5 April meeting was informative. You can watch the edited version on You Tube.
https://youtu.be/2n9Zn-0mfFI

Publishing news from D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

4/10/2022

 
In the month of March, Duane L Herrmann, Dist 1, saw the following results of his writing efforts: Gonzo Press posted three poems on their site, Adirondack Center for Writing posted five responses to weekly writing prompts, Carrot Ranch posted four 99 word stories in response to as many prompts, and the Jan/Feb issue of Harnisch Acre carried a short story: Sunday School Surprise. Multiple rejections are NOT counted!!!

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You are Invited: April 12 Author Talk by Janice Northerns (Zoom - Advance Registration Required)

4/8/2022

 
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​Finding Both Anchor and Sail
​through Ekphrastic Writing
Whether you are new to ekphrasis or an old hand at it, the practice can offer both a concrete anchor to start a piece as well as a sail to push your writing in a new direction. Janice Northerns will read several ekphrastic poems from her award-winning collection Some Electric Hum and share tips to help you take ekphrastic writing to the next level. The discussion will be geared toward prose writers as well as poets.

​Optional: Those who plan to attend are invited to write ahead of time a poem or flash prose piece responding to the painting “Four Sunflowers Gone to Seed” by Vincent Van Gogh (1887). You can view the painting at this museum link:
https://krollermuller.nl/en/vincent-van-gogh-four-sunflowers-gone-to-seed-1
Join us via Zoom on Tuesday, April 12, 7:00pm

IMPORTANT:
You must register in advance to attend this meeting. 
Click here to Register
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Janice Northerns, of Liberal, is the author of Some Electric Hum, winner of the 2021 KAC Nelson Poetry Book Award, the KU Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award, and a WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Poetry. The author grew up on a farm in rural West Texas and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas Tech University, where she received the Robert S. Newton Award for Creative Writing. Her work has been widely published in literary journals. Honors include a Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts residency, a Sewanee Writers’ Conference scholarship, and numerous awards for individual poems. Janice and her husband moved to Liberal in 1998, where she taught English at Seward County Community College before retiring in 2019 to write full-time. The landscapes and people of West Texas and southwest Kansas are a steady source of inspiration for her poetry.
 
 
 
Book Description:
 “Some Electric Hum reads … like a treatise on the ways communities are crafted by wanting, having, and then letting go. … This book exemplifies her skill in giving language to those fragile and ephemeral experiences of connection, as well as her determination to understand how connection might be felt in the barely perceptible hum of a completed circuit, closed but still alive with alternating electric currents.”
— Dr. Sandra Cox, judge for the Nelson Poetry Book Award
 

www.janicenortherns.com

Author Michael D. Graves Hosts 1930s Cocktail Party, Fourth Book in the Pete Stone Private Investigator Series Released

4/7/2022

 
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Emporia, KS – Meadowlark Press and Michael D. Graves announce the publication of the fourth book in the award-winning Pete Stone Private Investigator series. Shadows and Sorrows is available for pre-release order through meadowlarkbookstore.com and a launch event is planned for Thursday, April 14, from 4-6 pm at Twin Rivers Winery, 627 Commercial Street, Emporia. Attendees will enjoy readings by the author and themed cocktails will be featured. 1930s cocktail attire is encouraged; party fedoras will be on hand for guests.
 
Shadows and Sorrows opens in Wichita, Kansas, on April 18, 1938. Cocky Wright has been Pete Stone’s friend since they first met on a baseball field, a couple of kids with skinned knees, lots of moxie, and not much else. Now Cocky is dead, Cocky’s wife and daughter are in danger, and shady characters are after something Cocky was hiding. Was Pete’s friend dealing secrets to the German American Bund? Was his friend really out to threaten the safety of the country?
 
Accident or murder? Pete Stone is searching for the truth, once again, and he must solve the puzzle before his pal’s reputation is tarnished forever.
 
Books 1 and 3 of the series were recognized as Kansas Notable titles. The first book of the series, To Leave a Shadow, received the designation in 2015, and the third, All Hallows’ Shadows, was named to the list in 2021. All Hallows’ Shadows was also the recipient of the 2020 J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award by the Kansas Authors Club, and it was a Midwest Book Award Finalist. The series is set in 1930s Wichita, the character of Pete Stone a memorial to the author’s grandfather. 
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Shadows and Sorrows, by Michael D. Graves
Book 4 in the Pete Stone Private Investigator Series
Published by: Meadowlark Press, Emporia, KS
April 2022
ISBN paperback: 978-1-956578-03-4
ISBN Kindle Edition: 978-1-956578-09-6
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