Spiral Publishing's September Reads
Spiral Publishing's September Reads
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Spiral Publishing authors Kari Kilgore and Jason A. Adams have put together an exclusive bundle of six fiction stories set in September and summertime, and available this September at a special price! Check out the stories below, and be sure to grab your bundle of Spiral Publishing's September Reads before it disappears at the end of the month!
This time of year can bring a return to routine, or to home. Kids and young adults head back to school, and everyone gets back into the swing after various holidays. But September can also mean a time of change, and challenge.
In Jason A. Adams's sweet romance Coming Home, Maggie and Paul do just that for their own reasons. Each adjusting to different dreams than they'd hoped back when they were high-school best friends. Years passing and life lived might just lead to a change in perspective for them both.
The change in The Real Treasure in Cairo by Kari Kilgore seems to bring more difficulty than harmony, as April deals with possessions a loved one left behind. As is too often the case at times like that, a family member brings more difficulty than peace. But a far more positive change lingers in the humid Missouri air.
Jason's Cleaning Crew takes us to deep space, with a different sort of challenge that's inconvenient enough at home when we can call in reinforcements. But when the more...organic elements of a spaceship malfunction, everyone on board needs to step up the creativity.
For a different sort of maintenance, Kari's Jenna and the Lightning Beast delves into the mysteries of home improvement on a minor superhero's hidden lair. Jenna lands in the middle of more than a profitable contracting job when she gets caught up in a larger-than-life dispute between the powers that be.
A girl caught in the rough waters of adolescence features in Jason's The Love of Fire, but Laura's fascination with things that can cause her harm proves even more dangerous. A chance encounter with someone who understands and cares enough to help makes all the difference.
And our final story this month features a loving auntie desperate to help her kind-hearted nephew out of a different kind of jam. Especially because Regina knows the trouble breathing down Trevor's neck all started when he was trying to help others. But a ticking clock and a failure of electronics keeps them all in the race.
Happy September, happy reading, and don't forget to check back next month for your brand-new batch of Spiral Publishing's Monthly Reads!
Coming Home by Jason A. Adams
Home is where the heart is.
Paul Quillen returns home to manage a new state park.
Maggie Molinary returns home to teach.
Both still dream of their best friend from school.
Two people, an unlikely meeting, and a basket of onion rings.
Sometimes, coming home repairs the past.
An excerpt from Coming Home:
She’d just settled in at her favorite corner booth, the same one she chose every chance she got since she’d been just a kid, when the bell over the door tinkled and a tall newcomer came in.
Maggie let her eyes take their time roving over the broad chest and broader shoulders, working their way up to his face. A little bit of shadow on cheeks and chin, but of the late-in-the-day sort, not the I-still-watch-Miami-Vice way.
Oh my, was he looking her way? And was that surprise on his face? Did this strapping forester man see something he liked?
She smiled at him as he moved further into the room, and into the light.
Maggie saw the rest of his face then, including a pair of beautiful hazel eyes she’d last seen on the other side of this very booth.
The Real Treasure in Cairo by Kari Kilgore
That Treasure Most Rare
April inherits the sad business of sorting out the ghosts of a loved one's life.
Digging into family chaos in the middle of a miserable Midwestern summer.
Michele hopes to discover gems tucked into all the clutter.
To rescue artifacts of past glory from a grand city in decline.
Will they recognize the treasure they find in each other?
An excerpt from The Real Treasure in Cairo:
April pulled her spectacular waves of hair back with both hands, but when she let go it popped right back out into the humidified halo.
"I found a couple of chest-of-drawers full of socks and underwear. I think whoever cleaned out the house just brought them over here without even looking inside. So now it's my…my freaking problem."
Michele laughed and touched April's shoulder.
"Our problem. Like I said over the phone, I'm certain we'll find some wonderful things no matter how it looks right now. And the last thing you need to worry about with me is swearing. If we spend any amount of time together, you'll be surprised when you don't hear me let it fly."
April grinned and laughed for real this time.
"That's a relief. Because I think this is going to be an all-day-swearing kind of job."
Cleaning Crew by Jason A. Adams
Some problems never go away.
Aboard the starship Rocinante, a whiff of trouble sours the air.
With two weeks before docking, the crew faces abject misery.
Fortunately, a recent find holds the key to their survival.
Unless their saviors take matters in their own tentacles.
How will they survive their new cleaning crew?
An excerpt from Cleaning Crew:
“The Captain and I smashed their frozen bodies, so they won’t be able to do anything even if they thaw.”
“Uh, that might be a problem,” Kyle said. “If their bodies are as undifferentiated as I think, they might be like sponges or worms.”
“Meaning?” Carrow asked. Now what? Her hand stole toward her head.
“Meaning they might be able to regenerate whole bodies from smaller sections.” Kyle said.
All four ran back to the latrine.
“We got a problem, Skipper,” Erikson said, backing away from the door.
Jenna and the Lightning Beast: A Minor Superhero Adventure by Kari Kilgore
The Love of Fire by Jason A. Adams
Don’t let the Fire feel your hesitation.
A young girl flirts with the only thing she feels she controls.
An older mentor invites her into his family.
Her own family welcomes the bond.
With enough love, Fire forges an unexpected future.
An excerpt from The Love of Fire:
Digg stood beside a brick box built sort of like a backyard barbecue grill. But this one was wider and longer than any grill I’d ever seen. A lovely aroma filled the air. Thick and furry, a little sulfurous, but not so bad as when we melted pure sulfur in the chemistry lab. More friendly, somehow. Inviting.
At one end of the not-quite-grill, a broad chimney pipe with a giant mousehole cut into the side sucked smoke away from a low, red, beautiful pile of glowing embers. They brightened and dimmed, pulsing like a warm, beating heart full of promise. I felt it pulling at me. Tiny sparks popped away from the coals, like fireflies. Like—
“Hey, Laurita. Snap out of it.”
Digg doubled down on his command by snapping his fingers in front of my eyes. Connie punched my shoulder.
“She’s got it good, doesn’t she Papa?”
A Race Against Tea Time by Kari Kilgore
