A place to begin
Choose a question, a mood, or a familiar name to discover a story.
This week’s reading invitations.
Short novel
Sheila Paulette · Greenville, South Carolina
A construction professional in Greenville discovers a serious safety problem. Speaking could protect people she has never met while threatening her livelihood and the business she built with her brother. Silence carries its own responsibility.
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Short novel
Quinlan Motley · Bellevue, Idaho
After repeated pregnancy loss, Hannah begins opening her table to other people in Bellevue, Idaho. Offering them a place in her life may mean accepting something harder for her: care she cannot arrange or control.
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Short novel
LaShon Watson · Columbia, Kentucky
A respected retired band director in Columbia, Kentucky, returns to a world of music and traditions he helped shape. Finding his place now means allowing another person to lead without treating change as an erasure.
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