Running Wild Novella Anthology, Volume 5 Book 2

by Wright, Peter; Gibb, Katrin; Russell, Sarah; Cunningham, James

• ISBN13: 9781955062503
• ISBN10: 1955062501
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-09-04
• Publisher: Running Wild Press

Summary

The Ballerina Swan Lake Mobile Homes Country Club Motel: Wanda, a single woman in her early fifties, is the owner of the motel at the base of a water-starved mountain. She’s hardened by circumstance, morally honest, outspoken, and stuck in her life. When she rescues a stray pit bull, and then a defiant teenage girl, Wanda’s life will never be the same. Beyond the Door of Darkness: NYPD officer, Larry Petals, couldn’t cope with being a cop anymore after the morning of September 11th, 2001. After leaving the force and retreating to his hometown on Long Island without many options, he became a Private Investigator. Everything had become kind of normal… until his phone rang. Soap: A twisted love-story in a stark and surreal world, "Soap" is at once a journey, a mystery, and a psychological puzzle where Eliza must find herself.

Author Biography

Pete Wright is the author of several short stories, essays, and a novella. He is currently working on a novel. As an editor for Running Wild Press, he has edited two novels, a novella anthology, and a collection of short stories. He became an acquisitions editor for the press in June 2021. Katrin Gibb received her MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She's been published in Glimmer Train, Confrontation, Fourteen Hills, The Water~Stone Review, and Hobart, amongst other places. Sarah Russell writes mostly poetry. But sometimes the words want more room. Wanda wanted more room. Sarah's poetry and fiction have been published by Kentucky Review, Red River Review, Misfit Magazine, Rusty Truck, Third Wednesday, and other journals and anthologies. She has two poetry collections published by Kelsay Books, I lost summer somewhere and Today and Other Seasons. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and blogs at SarahRussellPoetry.net. Born in 1992, James T. Cunningham was raised in Islip, New York. Being brought up in a large family, film and literature have always been a central part of his life. After graduating from Suffolk Community College, James went on to study film at SUNY Purchase College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Cinema Studies. He now resides in Los Angeles where he continues to write screenplays and stories alongside his college sweetheart, Hillary, and their beloved cat Penelope.

Table of Contents

Ballerina Swan Lake Mobile Homes Country Club Motel by Sarah Russell Beyond the Door of Darkness by James T. Cunningham Soap by Katrin Gibb