For 85 years, The League of Utah Writers has worked diligently to encourage and nurture the writing talent in Utah. This collection was assembled to mark the occasion of the League’s anniversary and showcases the talent from all corners of the state. Spanning multiple genres and forms, this competitive anthology represents some of the best the League has to offer from newcomers and seasoned professionals alike.Featuring fiction, poetry, and personal essays by: Blithe Anderson, Anna Bessesen, Rachael Bush, Denis Feehan, Jayrod P. Garrett, Kam Hadley, Alexis Hansen, Danielle Harward, Tim Heare, Miranda Hughes, Grace Diane Jessen, Chris Jones, Christopher G. Jones, Caryn Larrinaga, C.H. Lindsay, Shirley Manning, J. Milligan, Margot Monroe, Sarah Murtagh, John M. Olsen, Valarie Schenk, Elizabeth Suggs, Erica Swenson, Marie Tollstrup, Cassidy Ward, Johnny Worthen, Daniel Yocom, Bryan Young, and J.E. Zarnofsky.Edited by the Utah Freelance Editors Chapter of the League of Utah Writers.

The Function of Freedom: The League of Utah Writers 85th Anniversary Commemorative Anthology (The League of Utah Writers Anthology Series)

Literature & Fiction

Young, Bryan

Worthen, Johnny

Olsen, John M.

Larrinaga, Caryn

LUW Press

Lindsay, C.H.

Garrett, Jayrod P.

Monroe, Margot

Yocom, Daniel

Anderson, Blithe

United States

Tess McBray was dying. The Solstice Syndrome had no cure, and she resigned herself to an early grave. But just when she gave up on survival, all her symptoms mysteriously disappeared. All but one symptom, anyway. Something is wrong with Tess's hands. They absorb any material they touch, and her skin turns to wood, or steel, or concrete. It doesn't take this comic-book obsessed 21-year-old long to figure out what's going on: somehow, she's developed super powers. And she's not the only one; across the country, people are coming forward and sharing their gifts with the world. In her own city, where the police are battling a human trafficking operation, a masked vigilante called The Fox is saving lives and stopping criminals. Tess doesn't know where she fits into this new, super-powered world. But when people around her start disappearing, she can't just sit on the sidelines. Teaming up with The Fox to create the world's first superhero duo might be the only way to rid her city of evil and save the people she loves most.

Superhero Syndrome (Solstice Survivors)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Twisted Tree Press

From creation stories and explanations of natural phenomena to fables and cautionary tales, ancient Basque mythology has endured for centuries thanks to a strong oral tradition and, quite simply, love of a good story. In this unique collection, Basque-American author Caryn Larrinaga explores and expands upon the rich, traditional folklore from her family’s homeland.
Dive into stories about love, loss, greed, and revenge. Meet creatures like the mischievous Galtzagorriak, the beautiful Lamiak, and the legendary Erensuge.
The captivating tales in Galtzagorriak and Other Creatures are accompanied by breathtaking illustrations by artist Carina Barajas, and are sure to delight the whole family. Whether you’re already familiar with the Basque Country or this is your first introduction, you don’t want to miss this collection.

Galtzagorriak and Other Creatures: Stories Inspired by Basque Folklore

Short Stories & Anthologies

Ghosts. Psychics. Murder. Just another day in Donn's Hill.
Mackenzie Clair needs a fresh start. The death of her father and a broken relationship rendered her old life unlivable. What better place to build a new one than Donn’s Hill, the most haunted town in America and her favorite childhood vacation spot?
But returning to Donn’s Hill awakens more than nostalgia. As memories resurface, so does a lost psychic ability to talk to the dead... a power the poltergeist haunting Mac’s apartment is eager to use. 
Aided by her new roommate—a spirited Tortoiseshell cat named Striker—and the ghost-hunting crew of the Soul Searchers, Mac struggles to control her newfound talents. She’d better get a handle on them fast, because someone in town is hiding a deadly secret. If Mac can’t divine the truth, Donn’s Hill will never be the same.
First in a new series, this cozy paranormal mystery was the 2017 winner of the League of Utah Writers Silver Quill award. "A genre-bending gem of a book, cozy meets horror meets cat fancier in a unique town of psychic tourism and ghostly secrets." -Johnny Worthen, award winning author of THE FINGER TRAP, THE BRAND DEMAND and WHAT IMMORTAL HAND
Look for all of Caryn Larrinaga's spooky mysteries featuring psychic Mac and her spirited tortoiseshell cat, Striker:
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<li>Donn's Hill</li>
<li>Donn's Shadow</li>
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Donn's Hill (The Soul Searchers Mysteries)

Genre Fiction

Return to the most haunted small town in America...
Mackenzie Clair finally has this whole ghost-hunting psychic thing figured out. The Soul Searchers are a hit, she's got pet-parenting down, and she even has a plan to banish the poltergeist running amok at a lakeside cabin. Best of all, Donn's Hill feels like home. But not everyone loves the town as much as Mac.
A world-famous paranormal debunker thinks the psychics in Donn's Hill are lying about their abilities. His determination to destroy the Soul Searchers threatens Mac's livelihood, and when a killer strikes, the sheriff's suspicions threaten her freedom.
Mac needs all the help she can get to find the real murderer and clear her name... even if that help comes from beyond the grave. 
Look for all of Caryn Larrinaga's spooky mysteries featuring psychic Mac and her spirited tortoiseshell cat, Striker: <ul>
<li>Donn's Hill</li> <li>Donn's Shadow</li> </ul>

Donn's Shadow (The Soul Searchers Mysteries)

How do you catch a killer who moves like a ghost?Mackenzie Clair is sure she'll find answers in New Mexico. The mysteries around her mother's past have haunted her for twenty years, and every sign points toward the truth lurking in her childhood home. But the Donn's Hill Body Magnet should have known better than to expect a quiet trip. Everywhere Mac goes, ghosts follow.All her life, Mac thought her mother's death was just a tragic accident. But when a tourist dies under suspiciously similar circumstances, connections between Evelyn Clair and more recent victims start stacking up. There's a serial killer on the prowl, and they've set their sights on Donn's Hill.Hard as she tries, Mac can't convince the police the deaths are related. The murderer is like a ghost, moving through the living world in ways only a psychic can follow. It's up to Mac to solve the case, but if she can't sift through the clues from her past, she won't live to see her future.

Donn's Legacy (The Soul Searchers Mysteries)

Review\n"Dread Softly is a stunning collection of stories, all of which surprised me as I read them. Each page turns another corner through Larrinaga's dark and vivid imagination. When each story ended, I was eager to see what nightmares she'd spin next. Put this on your reading list ASAP--Dread Softly is not to be missed."~Sonora Taylor, award-winning author of Little Paranoias: Stories\n"A captivating collection" —Margin of Terror\n"Disturbing scary stories told without relying on guts and gore" —Advance the Plot Reviews\n"Larrinaga has a way of taking you into strange, fantastical POVs without ever making you wonder how you got there..." —Fallen Fiction Reviews\nA woman struggles to outsmart the demon who bargained for her father’s soul. An elderly shut-in with a monstrous secret is tormented by a door-to-door salesman. Six-eyed creatures congregate on the ceiling of a remote bungalow, puzzling a newly rescued tabby cat. An imp’s loyalties are torn between a vulnerable child and the god of dreams. 
In her debut horror collection, award-winning author Caryn Larrinaga spreads her nightmares under your feet. Fed by the dread her anxiety brings her, each of these eleven tales is a journey into an unsettling universe just parallel to our own—one populated by haunted objects, unwanted urges, and creatures from beyond human understanding. Dread softly.

Dread Softly

For ages, people have been enchanted (or cursed) by stories of witches and witchcraft. Contained within this arcane tome are twenty-fives original stories and poems that will terrify and titillate your senses. Explore the darkness through the eyes of people who innocently think magic was make believe and pay the price, practitioners of the dark arts who unexpectedly have the tables turned, and even witches fighting the creatures that crawl from the shadows. Be warned, once you pick this book up, you just might hear cackling coming from the darkness!

Wasatch Witches: A Collection of Utah Horror

Schneider, Jo

Parker, Lehua

Font, Vince

Forman, K. Scott

Langille, C.R.

White, Jesse N

Robinson, Levi

Horowitz, Sariah

Fear Knocks Press, LLC

There is a theory that says if you give typewriters to one hundred monkeys, and let them type for one hundred years, they will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare. We decided to put that theory to the test - with a few minor modifications. We didn’t have one hundred monkeys - but we did have the membership of a League of Utah Writers chapter that calls itself “The Infinite Monkeys.” Most of them didn’t have typewriters, but worked on laptop or desktop computers, smartphones, and tablets. And instead of one hundred years to perfect their prose, we gave them one year to get from blank page to published anthology. So while you won’t find any reproductions of Shakespeare here, what you will find are thirty-five short stories that will make you laugh, make you cry, make you think, and sometimes make you glad you don’t live in the unsettling worlds of the imagination. Featuring #1 Amazon bestselling author Michael Darling’s "Sailing on the Sands of Burning Tides," the award-winning stories, "What We Leave Behind" from Masha Shukovich, and "Stone Soup" from Leigh Saunders, together with a brand new story, "A Friend in Need," from the award-winning Caryn Larrinaga. Also includes stories by: Jenn Adams, Jenna Bowman, Scott Bryan, Julie Frost, Effie Graves, Joni B. Haws, Laurie Heath, Sariah Horowitz, Jonathan Humphries, Norm Jenson, Craig Kingsman, Gregory Lemon, C.H. Lindsay, Victoria Lisowski, Terra Luft, Anna Marasco, Justin C. Matthews, J.T. Moore, Jared Quan, Talysa Sainz, Rachael J. Sparks, P.A. Sterling, Jennie Stevens, Scott E. Tarbet, L.D.B. Taylor, Richard Timothy, Patrick M. Tracy, Heidi Voss, Johnny Worthen, Rashelle Yeates, and Daniel Yocom.

A Year of the Monkeys: Short Fiction by the Infinite Monkeys chapter of the League of Utah Writers

Frost, Julie

Darling, Michael

Tarbet, Scott E.

Humphries, Jonathan

Saunders, Leigh

Shukovich, Masha

TRACY, PATRICK M.

Genre Writers Infinite Monkeys Corporation

Utah's Best Poetry & Prose 2023

Christopher, Lauryn

Clark, Emily Robyn

Ward, Cassidy

Contemporary

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