First published 2014
This collection cannot be summarized as a single narrative since it represents a sampler of multiple works by different debut authors. Joshilyn Jackson, the New York Times bestselling novelist, assembled this free digital anthology to showcase emerging fiction writers. The sampler opens with Jackson's introduction and features a portion of her novel Someone Else's Love Story. The collection then presents excerpts from eleven debut works spanning diverse stories and settings. Readers encounter Hazel Gaynor's The Girl Who Came Home, Mary McNear's Up at Butternut Lake, and Nadia Hashimi's The Pearl That Broke Its Shell among others. Additional selections include Emmi Itäranta's Memory of Water, CJ Hauser's The From-Aways, Katherine Harbour's Thorn Jack, Rebecca Rotert's Last Night at the Blue Angel, Holly Brown's Don't Try to Find Me, M.P. Cooley's Ice Shear, Carrie La Seur's The Home Place, and Sarah Creech's Season of the Dragonflies. This summer selection serves as a gateway for readers to discover new voices in contemporary fiction before these authors gain wider recognition.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, anthologies, contemporary
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: gateway, sampler
Period: 21st-Century
100 pages · Kindle Edition · William Morrow