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  A Capitalist - From their pens...

  George Gissing

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  George Robert Gissing was born on November 22nd, 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire.  
  He was educated at Back Lane School in Wakefield. Gissing loved school. He was enthusiastic with a thirst for learning and always diligent.  By the age of ten he was reading Dickens, a lifelong hero. 
  In 1872 Gissing won a scholarship to Owens College. Whilst there Gissing worked hard but remained solitary. Unfortunately, he had run short of funds and stole from his fellow students. He was arrested, prosecuted, found guilty, expelled and sentenced to a month's hard labour in 1876. 
  On release he decided to start over.  In September 1876 he travelled to the United States. Here he wrote short stories for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. On his return home he was ready for novels. 
  Gissing self-published his first novel but it failed to sell.  His second was acquired but never published. His writing career was static.  Something had to change.  And it did. 
  By 1884 The Unclassed was published.  Now everything he wrote was published. Both Isabel Clarendon and Demos appeared in 1886. He mined the lives of the working class as diligently as any capitalist. 
  In 1889 Gissing used the proceeds from the sale of The Nether World to go to Italy. This trip formed the basis for his 1890 work The Emancipated. 
  Gissing's works began to command higher payments. New Grub Street (1891) brought a fee of £250.  
  Short stories followed and in 1895, three novellas were published; Eve's Ransom, The Paying Guest and Sleeping Fires. Gissing was careful to keep up with the changing attitudes of his audience.  
  Unfortunately, he was also diagnosed as suffering from emphysema. The last years of his life were spent as a semi-invalid in France but he continued to write. 1899; The Crown of Life. Our Friend the Charlatan appeared in 1901, followed two years later by The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. 
  George Robert Gissing died aged 46 on December 28th, 1903 after catching a chill on a winter walk.

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  Making Up

  Kameron Claire

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  Eight months ago they wed for convenience and now it’s time to sign the divorce paperwork. One of them refuses and the other one is secretly pregnant. Can they work past the hurt and betrayal to find their happily ever-after? 
  Max: We have a code word at The Last Stand Saloon—Red Sonja—and the guys know to send up the alert on any six foot tall redhead that enters my bar. Only this time when they call it, I’m not expecting the woman who broke my heart to walk in eight months pregnant with divorce paperwork in hand. Yes, we had an arrangement that did not include forever, but I mean to change her mind. 
  Sonja: I didn’t mean to bring this—motions to very round belly—to Max’s door, but he refuses to sign the divorce paperwork and we have to settle this prior to the big day. We had an agreement, and he never wanted a girlfriend, much less a wife, anyway. So, even though I loved him long before I wrangled him into this farce of a marriage, why won’t he let me let him off the hook? 
  Each book in the series is a complete, standalone story. This is a steamy short story romance, complete with instalove and a guaranteed happily ever-after. If you're looking for a great lunchtime read, or something to spark sexy dreams before bed, you’ll want to pick this one up. 
  This is book one in a four book series, Last Stand Saloon: Round Up, Making Up, Cowboy Up, and Giddy Up

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  The Elroom

  Jerry Sohl

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  The Elroom by Jerry Sohl is a gripping science fiction short story that explores the thin line between reality and illusion. When a man steps into the mysterious "Elroom," he finds himself in a place that defies logic, shifting his perception of time and space. Is it a portal to another dimension, a twisted experiment, or just a product of his imagination? As he struggles to escape, the truth unravels in an unexpected way. With its eerie atmosphere and thought-provoking narrative, The Elroom challenges the reader to question what is real and what lies beyond human comprehension.

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  Edna Ferber: That's Marriage

  Edna Ferber

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  Edna Ferber observed people with the eye of a painter.  She saw us clearly, much too clearly for what we are: humans with strange behaviors.  Being a novelist with a way with words, she then proceeded to describe these strange behaviors in a way that was and still is, funny and painful because we recognize our silliness and oddness all too well.  In this story she describes how a tiny mannerism in a husband can drive a loving wife to up one wall and down the other. And how, when she finally breaks after 4 years with this man whom she loves and hates at the same time, the man is left with a bewildered look on his face because, well, he didn't do anything and yet his sweet wife is screaming and dissolving into tears.   Of course it works the other way too and husbands are driven to distraction by some small mannerism their wives do without thinking.  Enjoy this delightful story and take a moment to reflect on the wonderful ability of humans to live with each other at all.

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  The Canary

  Katherine Mansfield

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  A lonely woman's cherished canary, her only companion, dies, leaving her isolated once more.

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  Healing Hearts

  Kimberly Thomas

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  Andrea is at the top of her game as a social media guru. But then an unexpected tragedy strikes, and she's called back to the one place she vowed never to return to. 
   
   
   
  Going back to Oak Harbor meant returning to the source of her pain. She wasn't planning on staying. Why would she when the one person who hurt her the most, the one person whose validation she's needed more than anything has passed? 
   
   
   
  But, when her sister, Cora needs help to care for their sick mother and to run the family business, she has no choice but to extend her stay. She is forced to address her resentment toward her mother and her feeling of abandonment from her sister. 
   
   
   
  An old flame resurfaces and threatens her perfect relationship with her daughter. When news comes that he has died, Andrea is faced with a dilemma—tell her daughter the truth or take it to her grave. 
   
   
   
  And when an opportunity for love starts out with a crash she is hesitant to dive into this uncharted territory. 
   
   
   
  How will Andrea navigate the different relationships she's had to deal with since her return to Oak Harbor? Can she save her relationship with her daughter if she tells her the truth? 
   
   
   
  Can she have the ending she's always dreamed of?

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