FORTHCOMING! August 15th, 2025
Plum and Crow is a timeless story for all ages, allowing us to see reality through a magical lens – a world not so harsh that we turn away, but real enough that we embrace the possibilities.
Plum and Crow are magical creatures with no memory of their past or how they came to be in a small town, watching over a young boy and his struggling family.
Plum is only two-inches tall, fiery and determined. She soars through sparkling skies and creeps through crawl spaces with her guardian, Crow. Together, they help John and Catherine stand up to local bullies, including an alcoholic father they call The Argul.
“This charming story opens like an old fairy tale . . . The magic and the realism meld well thanks to unpredictable but believable characters, lyrical descriptions of nature, clever and often humorous ways tiny Plum and Crow conquer big obstacles, and the ongoing mystery of their pasts.”
‒ Carolyn Mulford, author of Thunder Beneath My Feet
What do we think about when we think about ghosts?
Five acquaintances decide to spend the weekend telling ghost stories at a country house; together they provide a journalist’s view, spiritual sensibilities, holistic understanding, and the desire for adventure. The house offers more than they bargained for: evil resides there; so does a possible guardian—angel or ghost?
“My name is Anna. I waken sometimes to the sound of birds, wind, a voice, or for no reason I can determine. Perhaps from longing, which is also why I sleep. I’m slow to wake, unsure which time I’m in. I do try to care for this house as always—want to care for it, because it’s my home, and dear to me—but I must learn again. I work at learning. I can see my son, speak with him, kiss his cheek, take his hand, and feel again that love I have for him. When he’s not my son, but the other, as now, I’m wary.”
- ISBN-13: 978-0-9895034-7-1 (print) 978-0-9895934-8-8 (e-book)
- Summer 2024
- “Vivid realism brings this book—and its ghosts—right to you. It’s a journey of connections and understanding that ventures into darkness, exposing old wrongs and finding friendships and caring strangers along the way.” (AMM)
Ghosts and More . . . tales of the supernatural: an anthology
by John Hanford, Chuck Hocter, R.M. Kinder, James Henry Taylor, and Chanda K. Zimmerman
Available NOW!
Ghosts and more are all around: sometimes friendly, sometimes frightening, but always fascinating!
Mischief during a sleepover, hauntings from Vietnam, dealings with the devil, horror on the fourth floor, unexpected comfort, and more – this collection of short fiction by members of the Blackwater Literary Society has something for everyone!
These fifteen thought-provoking supernatural tales are inspired by real-life experiences, speculative thoughts about the afterlife, residual hauntings, psychological trauma, as well as familial and animal bonds.
A review of the different tales. Many thanks to David Higgins for reading and writing!: https://davidjhiggins.wordpress.com/2022/08/19/ghosts-and-more-tales-of-the-supernatural-ed-r-m-kinder/
- May 1, 2022
- ISBN-13: 978-0-9895034-5-7 (print)
- 978-0-9895034-6-4 (e-book)
- 227 pages
A CAT FOR ALL SEAONS: YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU NEED UNTIL HE FINDS YOU by R.M. KINDER
When a lost kitten finds a new home, his extraordinary perspective highlights the beauty of the everyday struggles and conquests we take for granted, as well as the value of the families we choose and how we treat them.
An undersized white farm kitten flees a mountain lion and nearly starves before meeting Josh, Wilma, and their family of dogs, Lucky and Speeds. Through a lifetime of love, loss, and adventure, Zeno is truly a cat for all seasons.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
R.M. Kinder is the author of two novels and three collections of short fiction. A writer, educator, musician, and animal lover, she lives in Missouri with her husband, two dogs, and two cats.
- A Cat for All Seasons ~ Pbk 190 pages ~ November 2021 ~ ISBN 9780989503433 ~ $10.00
GALWAY EVANS AND LETITIA DUNBAR MYSTERIES by B.A.L. McMILLAN
The Tune of Murder is the debut of Galway Evans and Letitia Dunbar as a crime solving duo. Look forward to their rare friendship and blend of skills in this budding series of murder and mystery in small town Missouri!
Johnny Rowland is arrested for murder and although his aunt Letitia knows he is hardly innocent, she is convinced he is not guilty. She enlists the aid of her neighbor, Galway Evans, a former attorney who is now an aspiring handyman, and they begin an investigation into a music community that seems to embrace both God and the devil. Using instinct and common sense, Letitia Dunbar follows leads into family and her church while Galway enters the musicians’ world. Through a maze of possibilities, interesting characters, lies and lyrics, Galway and Mrs. Dunbar discover the ties that bind family and friends and truths that more than solve a murder.
The Tune of Murder ~ Pbk 200 pages ~ June 12, 2014 ~ ISBN 9780989503402 ~ $9.00
Join amateur sleuths Galway Evans and Letitia Dunbar in another music-laced mystery: Strains of Long Ago!
Galway is a lanky attorney-turned-handyman, desirous of being truly good at his new work. Letitia is a childless widow ~ petite, bowed, and fearless. Letitia remembers a long-ago day when a fellow student, Harold Wilson, climbed from an upstairs classroom window down a drainpipe. He was so nimble. “That was grand,” she tells Galway. “Just grand.”
Now Harold Wilson has been found dead in his storm cellar and Letitia can’t let it go.
Separated by more than a generation, Galway Evans and Letitia Dunbar share a sharp analytical ability, a love of people and kindness, and a deep respect and fondness for each other. They also share the corner of a Missouri small-town neighborhood, where mystery always finds them. In Strains of Long Ago, an unusual death entangles the two in a tale of love, music, and guilt.
Strains of Long Ago ~ Pbk 60 pages ~ August 2018 ~ ISBN 9780989503419 ~ $2.95
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