Folks know 14-year-old Clare isn't normal, even for a tomboy. She runs too much, talks too little, carries a gun too often, and holds a grudge forever. Only her papa's job at the bank keeps gossip quiet. It's unwise to risk the cold anger of the man who knows everyone's secrets. Clare feels prepared for everything from fire, to flood, to what her momma calls demon attack. When her neighbor Esther kisses her, though, Clare has no ready script. Maybe she could write one, given time she doesn't have. At the moment of that first kiss, Esther's mom is bleeding out from a gunshot wound. Clare can read the signs everyone else is determined to ignore. A murder was only the beginning. Esther needs protection, whether she wants it or not, and Clare won't abandon her friend just because things are hard. Maybe one day she'll be forgiven for doing what's needed. This is an intense book with adult themes that some readers may find upsetting.

Not My Ruckus

Literature & Fiction

Musick, Chad

Literary

Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC

From the Lighthouse

Knot doesn't remember how they came to live with Bigman, nor whether their name is actually Knot. Bigman calls, and Knot answers. Not a boy. Not a girl. Not getting any bigger over the past twenty years.\nJohn Bigman makes enough money selling good weather to those who believe his claims of magic to keep the bank from taking the unfinished lighthouse where he lives in an uneasy truce with Knot. Bigman still bleeds from where Knot bit him years ago, and they still sometimes try to stab him during arguments.\nMost of the time, the two get along. Knot watches tv in their room. Bigman plays video games in his library. They go fishing, with Knot catching most of the fish and Bigman dozing among the mangroves that have infested their beach.\nBut Bigman is getting old. His control over Knot has been slipping. His strength was barely enough to foil Knot's last attempt at running away. That was before Knot found allies, who have their own reasons for wanting Knot to escape from the lighthouse.

Genre Fiction

Knot doesn't remember how they came to live with Bigman, nor whether their name is actually Knot. Bigman calls, and Knot answers. Not a boy. Not a girl. Not getting any bigger over the past twenty years. John Bigman makes enough money selling good weather to those who believe his claims of magic to keep the bank from taking the unfinished lighthouse where he lives in an uneasy truce with Knot. Bigman still bleeds from where Knot bit him years ago, and they still sometimes try to stab him during arguments.Most of the time, the two get along. Knot watches tv in their room. Bigman plays video games in his library. They go fishing, with Knot catching most of the fish and Bigman dozing among the mangroves that have infested their beach.But Bigman is getting old. His control over Knot has been slipping. His strength was barely enough to foil Knot's last attempt at running away. That was before Knot found allies, who have their own reasons for wanting Knot to escape from the lighthouse.(Contains violence, self-harm, maiming, child death, and animal death)

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Not My Ruckus

Not My Ruckus

From the Lighthouse

From the Lighthouse