Running Wlid Novella Anthology Volume 7 Book 2

Cold Spring, Minnesota by Rachel Coyne Deana knows she needs to run for her life; she's concealing a pregnancy from her now deployed and always violent husband. Its not his. But Cold Spring, Minnesota is where her family is - a teenage sister with a new baby and too many choices and a mother who is coming apart from grief and anger over her son's recent death in Afghanistan. The only home she's known and the family she's trying to save will either save Deana or condemn her. Friendly Ghost by Stephanie Weber Friendly Ghost is about a newly single, shy young woman living on her own for the first time. She quickly finds that she is not actually alone - a ghost haunts her apartment! She and the strange ghost form an unusual bond as they help each other with unfinished business. Truth and Consequences by Kaitlyn Rich What are we looking for on long road trips? What finds us? Sometimes journeys of self-discovery lead us to places we don't want to go. Truth and Consequences explores the reliability of narrative and what happens when we lose control of the stories we tell ourselves. Departures by Jeffrey Doka When a marketer dies and shows up to work the next day, his team discovers that he no longer needs food or sleep. In tech-company form, they exploit their undead co-worker’s new gifts to climb the ladder. Unfortunately, on their way to the top, none of them realize the true danger closing in on their undead colleague. 

Stephanie Weber is a writer and a comedian from Chicago who is currently pursuing her MFA in dramatic writing from SCAD. Her work has been published in Slate, Mental Floss, Reductress, Atlas Obscura, Remezcla, and many more. Her debut novel Nothing Nice to Say was released in 2021 with Weasel Press. Jeff Doka has written everything from short stories to screenplays to start-up blog posts to radio dramas. He designed narrative structure and wrote story content for “The Lost Library,” a choice based narrative game. His short story “The Conference” has been published in the Wild Musette Journal, his short story “The Last Fare of M1S-3” was published in The Future Looms Magazine. You can find him at finalbossediting.com, and he streams his writing at twitch.tv/final_boss_editing if you ever want to stop in to say hi (or give feedback). Kaitlyn Rich received an MA in English and Media Studies from Rutgers University. In addition to fiction, her creative work takes the form of award winning short films, academic conference papers, and creative non-fiction. She grew up in Northampton, Pennsylvania and after a decade in New York City now lives in Philadelphia. Rachel Coyne is a painter and writer from Lindstrom, MN. She is a devotee of Pablo Neruda, a collector of vintage editions of Jane Eyre and a lover of Don Williams songs. Her previous works include the novels Whiskey Heart and The Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake, along with a YA e-book trilogy the Antigone Ravynn Chronicles and a children’s book Daughter, Have I Told You?

C O N T E N T S FRIENDLY GHOST 1 by Stephanie Weber DEPARTURES 127 by Jerey Doka COLD SPRING, MINNESOTA 187 by Rachel Coyne TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES 247 by Kaitlyn Rich Biographies 277 About Running Wild Press 279