Editor’s Introduction As I reviewed the ten novel openings featured in this issue of Embark, I was struck by an underlying theme, though each opening, as always in our selection process, was chosen…

A submission to Embark should consist of two parts, the opening of your novel and an Author’s Statement.

A submission to Embark should consist of two parts, the opening of your novel and an Author’s Statement.

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Mary’s worst decision yet, stealing from corrupt law enforcement, could land her in jail long enough to grow old. She flees the spaceport streets for a remote rural outpost hoping for refuge with Finn...

Nancy Foley's deviously-plotted novel centers on an aging artist in New Mexico. Brutally dismissive of anyone who disagrees with her, Agatha is a perfectly engaging (if unreliable) narrator.

A family-practice physician in Phoenix looks forward to the tranquility of her approaching retirement while her newly invigorated elderly mother searches for fresh adventures.

Announcing the winners of the 2026 Chapter One Prize. Congratulations to Janelle Boucher (1st), Jane Sasser (2nd), and Rhiannon Harvey (3rd)!

Rise of the Underground

Check out Pennsylvania Love Song - <p>Pittsburgh, PA. 1941. The world is plunging headlong into WWII, and Flossie's beau has been drafted. He wants to get engaged, and she reluctantly agrees. But when...

Dina GreenbergFor Olga Alkalaj (November 23, 1907 – March 15, 1942) iWhen I try to pray, whose prayer is on my lips? Yours or mine, it makes no difference.iiYour brave voice silenced so I beckon Our p...

A Jonathan Gray, M.D. Mystery

Check out Love Across Time - Ashley and Thomas, a medieval knight, are in 1377 England, escaping from present-day immigration authorities intent on capturing Thomas. Having fled to the past to ensure ...

Stories

Amazon.com: My Father's Father: A Holocaust Generations Novel: 9781624209086: Burger, Max: Books

About The Agony of Displacement, survivor testimonies from Gaza (2023–2024), edited by Nawal Halawa and published by a Washington DC press.

Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews [Korsmeyer, Carolyn, Matheson, Christy, Schroller, Elaine Aucoin, Smith-Blum, Kay, Sullivan, Kimberly, Sweeney, Ashley E., Ristine, Barbara Buckley, Hill, Beth Anne, Borchert, Debra, Carson-Williams, Elisabeth] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews

Painting Stories [Selgin, Peter] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Painting Stories

A widow's discovery of her husband's devastating past threatens to destroy everything she believed about their marriage in a gripping and emotional novel about love and secrets. Dear Diana, If you've found this letter, I'm gone. Eighteen months after her husband Tom's death, Diana Morgan is still grieving and struggling to move on, while striving to be the strongest parent she can for their two children. When she finds a letter from Tom meant for her eyes only, she expects a final declaration of love--not a cryptic confession to a terrible unnamed crime. But Tom's secret is not his alone. There are others who know, others who may try to insinuate themselves into Diana's life. Tom warns: Don't let them in. Reeling with disbelief and fear, Diana begins to doubt everything she remembers of their marriage. What was real? What was manipulation? And who can she trust? Embarking on a dangerous quest for answers, Diana travels to her husband's small hometown in Vermont. She knows the secrets Tom was holding all stem from here. But will the truth about the man she loved bring her peace, or will it shatter her world?

A Valley Girl Dilemma - Kindle edition by Goertzen Hertlein, Monica. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Valley Girl Dilemma.

Editor’s Introduction While reading the ten novel openings featured in this issue of Embark, I found myself thinking about all the settings in which they take place. One of the pleasures of running…

Check out The Mysterious Women of J Road - <p>Some wounds never fully close.</em></p><p></p><p>After suspecting her husband has been hexed in Ozark hill country, Lillian Cedars goes deep into the back...

Alteration [Ibarra, Claire] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Alteration

A submission to Embark should consist of two parts, the opening of your novel and an Author’s Statement.

A submission to Embark should consist of two parts, the opening of your novel and an Author’s Statement.

No More Patients: A Novel [Miller, Sandra Cavallo] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. No More Patients: A Novel

Issue 54 Fall 2025

Amazon.com: Almost American: 9798999827906: Paul, Terri: Books

Aging, Mortality & Gratitude: A Wising Up Anthology

WINNER, Summer 2025 The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition BY ROBERT GARNER McBREARTY We were all starving. The Old Lady in charge was only serving a thin soup, twice a day, hardly more than wate…

B. B. Garin's "After the End" is a story that uses memory to keep you in place, but also always on the precipice of a turn of events.

Amazon.com: We Computers: A Ghazal Novel (The Margellos World Republic of Letters): 9780300272741: Ismailov, Hamid, Fairweather-Vega, Shelley: Books

Check out Casco Bay - <p><strong><em>Shiloh Vail's return to her childhood home to settle her father's estate unveils a web of mysteries she could never imagine.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>Set against...

Check out Manhattan Triptych - <p>Diane Daly, Nikki Barone, and Orla Nevins have been the closest of friends since they first played sisters in a summer stock production of "Fiddler on the Roof" in th...

Young Thing by Grace Bialecki Note: Physical books ship 10/6/25. Please select "eBook shipping" if ordering an eBook only. Sometimes when...

Check out West County - Dr. Jeff Taylor, now unmarried, has settled in the small city of Appleton, an hour north of San Francisco. He works at a rural community health care clinic and is romantically ...

Check out Hey Pickpocket - <p><strong>Discover the enchanting world of <em>Hey Pickpocket</em>, the debut novel by Allison Cundiff.</strong> </p><p></p><p>Frances is on a journey to leave her past beh...

Since I was a teenager, I’ve jumped at any opportunity to watch Jean Valjean break parole, Fantine dream a dream and Javert swear by the stars, Karen Wilfrid writes. She’s seen “Les Mis” 14 times, but...

Check out Razed - <p>Lucy Wilson and her sister Ginny don't see eye to eye on anything, including whether or not their father is a criminal. In 1973, during their father's funeral in upstate New York,...

Rise of the Underground

The day the EU announced its impending border closure, we let the news and its implications settle among us, casting a long, dark shadow over our imagined

A Novel

Editor’s Introduction When reading the openings featured in this issue of Embark, I kept thinking of the ties and tensions between parents and children. As always, each of the ten openings featured…

A submission to Embark should consist of two parts, the opening of your novel and an Author’s Statement.

A submission to Embark should consist of two parts, the opening of your novel and an Author’s Statement.

Amazon.com: The Golem Project eBook : Bone, Elijah: Tienda Kindle