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This is a poetry collection about the world of story-telling, voice, and the varied faces of the raconteur. This is the poet's second collection with Apprentice House Press at Loyola University Maryland.

Award-winning book that recently earned acclaim from the prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Awards!¿At 15 years old, Petra must grow into the lessons of the Mayan hummingbird as she carves her future out of a childhood scarred by gang violence. Petra's life has been upended by local gang violence in her small Guatemalan village. Her childhood friend Emilio had a hand in their friend Justina's murder, and his father is the local gang leader's right-hand man. Betrayed by Emilio and abandoned by her mother who has fled to the U.S., Petra now fears for her own life. Petra ultimately flees to the U.S., but the pressures follow her there. As she attempts to reconcile with her mother over the abandonment, Petra is alarmed that her mother disregards the danger when he shows up near their home. The novel explores forgiveness and redemption, how to heal oneself and find a future of integrity with friends and community who have participated in atrocities.

On the night Taylor came out to his parents, his life completely changed. His father rejected him, his mom is thinking God knows what and he might just be on the brink of getting shipped off to a conversion clinic. To keep himself safe, Taylor keeps his head down, avoids getting into trouble, all while trying to find a way to get his father to have a change of heart, which seems almost impossible.Just as his safety hangs in the balance, Taylor meets Matthew, and over the course of the following days, begins a relationship. As their romance blossoms, the risk of getting caught increases, and when things get out of hand, Taylor needs to find a way to keep himself safe before it's too late.

In 1970s rust belt Buffalo, jobs are disappearing, people are leaving - and the football franchise owner demands a new stadium or he'll move the beloved team.

In 1984 SYLVIA JENSEN was a heavy drinker having an affair with Norton, an atomic veteran and fellow activist in the nuclear disarmament movement. In 2019, at seventy-seven and with her activist days behind her, Sylvia is protecting her hard-won recovery and simple lifestyle until Norton's troubled son Corey draws her back into the fight.

On a cold January morning, thirteen-year-old Karl Zimmer awakens to find the public square of his city draped in crimson-colored flags. Hitler has been named Chancellor. Karl doesn't know what this means but he understands danger is in the air.