Lucky and Mike, best friends since childhood, travel through New Mexico and into Arizona, accompanied by Blue, a border collie mix. Looking for Lucky's newly discovered half-sister, these friends search across the Southwest, including visits to Las Cruces, Bisbee, and Flagstaff. The clues they follow begin resembling something an undercover genealogist might dream up. Over the weeks, Lucky unscrambles the past, one that challenges stereotypes of family, friendships, and gender, while laying a few good secrets to rest. Meanwhile, Blue, being a most generous dog, embarks on her own search and rescue mission, finding a needing-to-be-bottle-fed pup aptly named Peanut. It's the two dogs - and soon Blue's tiny kitten foundlings - that give this archetypal hero's journey a mixture of heartbreak and comic lightness.

Lucky FInd

Leamy, Sarah

Literature & Fiction

Blue Mesa Books

Literature anthology celebrating freedom of expression.

What Sort of Fuckery Is This?

Ayres, Bill

Crutcher, Anthony

Pearce, Dianne

Crandell, William F.

Brunskill, VL

Steel, Lola

Vanderlaag, KT

McGuire, Jan

McVeigh, Maureen

Erotica

Devil's Party press

This anthology grew out of the overwhelming support and global interest in www.wanderlust-journal.com. Our 35 featured contributors here either write or come from about Afghanistan, Australia, British Isles, Cameroon, Canada, Europe, Iran, Singapore, South Africa, Tokyo, and the USA. Wanderlust is the only one-stop online resource for numerous writers to share their personal experiences rooted in the people and places they know or visit. The goal is to counterbalance the fear based xenophobia that is epidemic in mainstream media and pop culture. We are all human, just doing our best, and stories such as these remind us of these similarities across the world. Together we’re building an international community, with contributors to the site from 64 countries, readers from 114, and over 56,000 site views in the first year. Explore. Share. Inspire. Connect.

The Best of Wanderlust 2019

Travel

Travel Writing

Independently published

A novel that spans six countries and 40 years, the story centers on an obsessive pair of lovers who cannot stay away from each other. Joey and Kat have had a messy relationship dating back to 1967. A random encounter in a small town in New Mexico takes them both aback. They part yet come back together repeatedly in Central America, Spain, Russia, the United Kingdom, and back to New Mexico. Looking back over the years, Joey reminisces with best friend, Paula on what could have been, while planning a final gathering of friends and family."When No One's Looking makes me homesick for the simple, hardscrabble, poetic life that unfolds daily in the Ortiz Mountains of New Mexico-and for the raw, fearless emotions and journeys of its people. Joey's story is about the outer and inner landscapes that lead to love, to hate, and ultimately to wisdom."Carol Carpenter, Playwright. New York.

When No-one's Looking

Contemporary

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Have you ever wondered what it's like to clean up after a hurricane in Florida? Where those dirt roads in Colorado will take you? How to build an adobe and strawbale home by hand? What to expect riding your motorcycle across the States with stilts strapped on the seat? How to keep your mouth shut when living at a Buddhist monastery in England? Or what to wear for your first day at Clown School?

Bring A Chainsaw: (and other stories from my solo travels)

Lucky Shot: a novel of sex, death, and photography is a snapshot of a journey of self-discovery. They call me Lucky. My parents that is, they called me Lucky when I was a kid. Anyway, there I was, in my late thirties, wondering what the hell to do with myself. My dad, my girlfriend, my dog, my job, and my best friend; all were gone. For one reason or another, I'd lost them all. I stayed in Santa Fe. I tried to work, to keep the homestead fires going, but, well, like I said, it was a rough year. I packed my bags, threw everything into the crew cab of my 1983 Nissan truck, and prayed she would take me further than Eldorado, the one in Santa Fe, that is. With camera in hand, I looked for a new life. Is this what they call a mid-life crisis? The stories told through Lucky's candid photos are of the basic human struggles that most of us face: betrayal, loss, fear, friends who lie, and lovers who cheat. Look through Lucky's camera and join this archetypal journey of crisis, departure, and return. The trip is at times funny, evocative, and heartwarming.

Lucky Shot (A Lucky Life)

Before Coffee is a collection of comics inspired by the pets and two-legged folks in Sarah's version of New Mexico. It's an odd place, such a variety of people and pets, kinda crazy yet friendly, so enjoy their world. www.sarahleamy.com

Before Coffee: A comic book

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Passionate, funny, bittersweet, and most definitely obsessive, When No One's Looking is a story of love and hate in equal measure, a messy and secret affair that spans six countries and five decades. Joey is dying, but no one else knows. Joey reluctantly tells Paula, who's been a close friend since the sixties. They spend snowy days sitting on a cabin deck in Northern New Mexico, teasing and laughing together. The two start planning a Thanksgiving gathering in their small local town of Madrid, New Mexico, to celebrate Joey's life. But Joey has a second woman of importance; Kat and Joey have been on-again/off-again lovers for the last fifty years. A random encounter at a tavern in New Mexico changed Joey's life drastically, as from that first night with Kat, both were addicted. They share an incredibly erotic, yet jealous relationship, full of passion and then betrayal. Even though they fight constantly, they always end up back together every few years. The two first came together in 1967 in Santa Fe, then again during the Civil war in Guatemala, the start of Glasnost in Russia, the eighties in Spain, and in Britain during the late nineties. Theirs is a love that almost kills. Sarah Leamy is a writer, traveler, and vaudeville performer based in New Mexico. She has already written her next book, Random Tales. Publisher's Web site: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/WhenNoOnesLooking.html

When No One's Looking

Genre Fiction

Eloquent Books

Lucky Shot: a novel of sex, death, and photography is a snapshot of a journey of self-discovery. They call me Lucky. My parents that is, they called me Lucky when I was a kid. Anyway, there I was, in my late thirties, wondering what the hell to do with myself. My dad, my girlfriend, my dog, my job, and my best friend; all were gone. For one reason or another, I'd lost them all. I stayed in Santa Fe. I tried to work, to keep the homestead fires going, but, well, like I said, it was a rough year. I packed my bags, threw everything into the crew cab of my 1983 Nissan truck, and prayed she would take me further than Eldorado, the one in Santa Fe, that is. With camera in hand, I looked for a new life. Is this what they call a mid-life crisis? The stories told through Lucky's candid photos are of the basic human struggles that most of us face: betrayal, loss, fear, friends who lie, and lovers who cheat. Look through Lucky's camera and join this archetypal journey of crisis, departure, and return. The trip is at times funny, evocative, and heartwarming. About the Author: Raised in England, Sarah Leamy lives in Northern New Mexico. When No One's Looking, her first novel, came out in 2010. She is working on her next book about Lucky. www.sleam.com Publisher's website: http://SPBRA.com/SarahLeamy

Lucky Shot: A Novel of Sex, Death, and Photography

S.B.G.

Lucky and Mike, best friends since childhood, travel through New Mexico and into Arizona, accompanied by Blue, a collie mix.  Looking for Lucky's newly discovered half-sister, these friends search across the Southwest, including visits to Las Cruces, Bisbee, and Flagstaff. The clues they follow begin resembling something an undercover genealogist might dream up. Over the weeks, Lucky unscrambles the past, one that challenges stereotypes of family, friendships, and gender, while laying a few good secrets to rest.   Meanwhile, Blue, being a most generous dog, embarks on her own search and rescue mission, finding a needing-to-be-bottle-fed pup aptly named Peanut. It's the two dogs - and soon Blue's tiny kitten foundlings - that give this archetypal hero's journey a mixture of heartbreak and comic lightness.  About the Author: Raised in England, Sarah Leamy lives in Northern New Mexico. She studied languages and culture at London University, and then started exploring, performing, and writing her way across Europe, Guatemala, and the States. She has finally settled down in the Southwest. She is the author of two other novels and a book of travel essays, all of which embody her experiences and observations of life in Europe, the States, and Central America. Her previous novel, Lucky Shot, won best fiction in the 2012 NM/AZ Book Awards, was a finalist in the Royal Dragonfly Awards, and is a prequel to Lucky Find.   Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SarahLeamy    Author's website: http://www.sleam.com

Lucky Find

Action & Adventure

Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLC

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