Stratton: 203 books

The Lakeside Festival is this weekend, one of Stephanie and Stell’s best times to make enough money to pay for the next month. Except that the new Park Supervisor has turned them down for a permit, forcing them to look elsewhere for a venue. And then the Cosmic Artifact starts having fits or seizures...

In this collection of five stories, you will find out how Tia helps Melina and her friends escape the gulag they were born in; how Eric Wilson keeps himself alive while lost in the desert; how one woman deals with her job and her family despite her son joining a gang; how an encounter at the coffee...

It’s only the biggest dance of the year and Charlene encounters nothing but obstacles while she tries to make herself presentable: a pimple on her forehead, no transportation, stains, wrinkles, dogs, her own family, her date, grabby dance partners, catty comments from the peanut gallery… This evening could not be going worse!

Magda of Ferrin is on her way to Delta City to fill the marriage contract she made with Armin of Pothrin. She’s been looking forward to this for a long time. However, the Great River stands at flood, the weather is foul, everyone has to comment on her family situation, and Mother Ferrin herself is in Delta City to oversee the wedding. What else can go wrong? Magda’s about to find out.

Jason Davies considers himself the head wrangler of his little community's sanctuary island, responsible for keeping his people happy, safe, and well. They're all settled in for the long winter, as prepared as they can be. The supply boat is due in any day now, but now there's an arctic storm of epic...

After the apocalypse, the remaining survivors have gathered around the Four Springs as the only sources of water in the deep desert. The old civilized worlds are just a fading golden memory, but Teacher's not about to let them go without a fight. Problem is, she's not the leader everyone...

Dr. al-Zariki is on his way to the backside of nowhere to investigate claims that a living man has been found in an unknown tomb. It's impossible, but what's worse is that only Dr. al-Zariki can resolve the problem, and he is the last man alive who can.

A rotting tenement is not the best in housing, but it keeps the rain off and the wind out, more or less, and Simon thinks it would be a good place to stay. Unfortunately, it’s been invaded by teenagers…

The Raven Box is a puzzle box far older than the art form, and much, much older than any of the modern tribes, carved in six different styles. It’s in Walter Langstrom’s private museum, but there’s a thief who wants it and knows far more about it than he should.

Caro Skeen is an interesting woman, and so the only thing to do is strike up a conversation while standing in the coffee line. The conversation leads to another, and a long talk, and maybe a relationship.

Leaders shouldn’t act like spoiled children, but Yod is seriously thinking about turning them both over his knee. The fate of the world depends on their cooperation but they’d rather call each other names. He can build and create anything in the world, except for a lasting agreement between two spoiled boys. How will he find their common ground?

The author's biography is included in this version. An American Idyll: The Life of Carleton H. Parker is one of the nonfiction best sellers during 1919-1920. Carleton H. Parker died at the age of 40. Following his death in 1918, the book of his biography was written by his widow, Cornelia...

Xhavean’s the only sane man in the house, and that description is pretty questionable on the best of days. Today’s not the best of days. He has three civilians to get to shelter, but how can he get these people to safety when the world has been destroyed around him?

A king has many responsibilities, and not all of them are enjoyable. What would you rather do, fight for your country or babysit? Make up your mind, please.