Paul Carter

Paul Carter is a former oil rig worker. He is now married, and a father of two, and he's filled four books with stories from his life on the rigs.

Me and Joe

by Paul Carter

A lonely man befriends an orphaned monkey.

Bicycle Safety on Essex

by Richard Price

A writer witnesses an all too common misunderstanding from the perspective of a young boy.

The Magic Bus

by Bokara Legendre

A divorcée experiments with mysticism in the far corners of the world to heal her broken heart.

Golf Clubbing

by Ed Gavagan

The screwball tale of the child of a tough drill sergeant who is injured on a Texas military base in the early 1970s.

Stars, Rockets, and Moons

by Steve Zimmer

A six-year old breaks the teacher’s rules.

The Stakeout

by Steve Osborne

A classic stakeout takes an unexpected turn when a guy panics.

Tom Ziegler

Tom Ziegler was born and raised in the Bronx. After spending 27 years in the New York City Fire Department as a fireman, then as a Fire Marshal and then a Lieutenant, Tom now travels the world as a JetBlue flight attendant.

Bronx Burning

by Tom Ziegler

The Funny One

by Elna Baker

On a trip to Cyprus, a woman realizes that changing herself physically doesn’t change the way her family sees her.

The Accident

by Ophira Eisenberg

After a terrible car accident, a young girl sees a brand-new side of her parents.

Josh Swiller

Josh Swiller is the author of The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa. He is a professor at Gallaudet University, the national university for the deaf, in Washington, DC, where he has developed a program to help America's thousands of deafened service members.

What I Lost in Africa

by Josh Swiller

A deaf Peace Corps volunteer is stranded in Africa without his hearing aid.

I Am Paid to Write Love Notes to Phil Collins

by Dan Kennedy

A young man swears that he will never sell out.

Drowning on Sullivan Street

by Ed Gavagan

A furniture designer finds reason to stay in New York City after a chance encounter in the West Village.

Dave Dickerson

David Ellis Dickerson is a humorist and a regular contributor to public radio's This American Life. His memoir of working at Hallmark, House of Cards, is available now.

A Flash of Hope

by Dave Dickerson

A young fundamentalist Christian catches his first glimpse at another life.

Lauren Slater

Lauren Slater is the author of, most recently, Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed our Minds (Little, Brown).  Her works have been selected for Best American Essays eight times and she won a 2019 Pushcart Prize for Best of the Small Presses. Her books have been translated into 24 languages. A 2004 recipient of a National Endowment For The Arts grant  and a Knight Science Fellow at MIT, Slater lives and writes on her farm in Fitchburg, MA.

Joe Limone

A Boston native, Joe lived in New York before settling in Connecticut with his family. Joe is a two-time Moth slam winner and one-time Grand Slam Champion. Joe's stories evolve the way he lived them, from Boston's streets to his corporate lawyer office.

The Magic Nail

by Joe Limone

Two childhood friends fulfill an obligation as Red Sox fans.