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A beautiful collection of distilled realism which propels mind, body and spirit into the depths of human emotion.
Yellow
Grandma is yellow. Originally diagnosed as jaundice, her subsequent dizzy spells, fatigue and disorientation led to further testing which yielded this - Grandma is dying of liver cancer. She is yellow and has a few weeks to live.
I live six hundred miles away, so I called her.
“Grandma, this is me, K.J.”
In her polish accent, “I know who it is.”
I can hear polka music and Grandpa pounding his cane on the floor. He’s shouting, “Who is it, Lucy? Who is it?”
“Goddammit, Sylvester! Shut your mouth! I’m talking to our Grandson!”
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K.J. Stevens, author of A Better Place, brings us his latest effort, closer to god. A comprehensive collection of memorable writings, which guide us through a journey into the volatile and complex nature of the human condition.
Driving in the Rain
I have the ring, but it has been raining all day, and I don’t think that’s what she wants to remember. Rain. Puddles. A steady downpour of sky. I think I’ll wait to see if the sky will part and let the sun in. Besides, she seems happy enough sitting in the passenger seat, wearing her new fleece pullover. It is yellow, her favorite color, and 100% waterproof.
Merrill and I have been dating for two and a half years. We’d met at a bar called The Stowaway during our senior year of college. It had been Oldies Night and we bumped into each other during Michael | |  | | Dead Bunnies
Collection of dark literary fiction.
"Reading writing by K.J. Stevens is like deja vu; like dreaming. You'll find yourself thinking about a particular story of his, and momentarily wonder if it really happened to you in another life and you're only now remembering. And when you remember that it's a story, crafted by a most accomplished story-teller, you'll gasp at how much a part of the very fiber of your being it has become." ~ writer, Courtney McCrimmon | |  | | Pilgrim's Bay
Literary fiction, novel.
“While the setting itself serves as a character for this novel, it is the relationships between Jake, Kali and Aden that show the reader redemption isn't something waiting for us in the afterlife - it's certain small moments we share with those we move with through this life. In Pilgrim's Bay, it is something lost repeatedly, to be found just as often, during Sunday morning drives, holding a loved one's hand, in the tattered booths of smoky bars, in something as simple as sharing a pitcher of beer or fishing with your childhood friend.” ~ writer, Courtney McCrimmon
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Missa Solemnis
by Peter Jessop
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 As deafness, illness, and demonic forces close in around him, Ludwig van Beethoven must summon his faith and genius to complete the Missa Solemnis—a sacred masterpiece he believes could bring divine light into a darkening world. |
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