From the Author\nDawn Trouble was a pure joy to write. May it bring a smile your face.\nAfter the fires are out, the smoke has cleared, the divorce is over, the widow has stopped wearing black, the sun has risen, the monsters are dead, the world is saved (or destroyed!), the storm has calmed, and the trouble is over… 
…what do you do next? 
Find out in the first anthology of work by the Pikes Peak Writers. From mystery to romance and science fiction—from heartfelt essays to poetry that moves the soul. 
We can’t promise only happy endings. Just that moment when you pick yourself up out of the wreckage and find the strength to begin anew. 
Praise for FRESH STARTS: 
•“One powerhouse of an anthology! From Josh Clark’s delightful NOLAN’S BUCKET LIST: SNOW DAYS to C.E. Barnes’ hilarious SIR GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, these tales are sorely needed lights in the darkness. The mix of stories and poems is a refreshing twist on traditional anthologies. Congratulations, Pikes Peak Writers, on your first anthology. Looking forward to many more.” –Darby Karchut, Award Winning author of Del Toro Moon and On a Good Horse. 
•“FRESH STARTS bursts with wonderful stories that showcase exciting new literary voices! Very highly recommended!” –Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of V-WARS and INK 
Authors: 
Morgen Leigh, Terry Odell, Michael Chandos, Marilyn K. Moody, Harper Barrow, Gwynne Stanker, Lily Lapin, T. R. Kerby, Bill May, Laura Mahal, CS Simpson, Bowen Gillings, Kendra Griffin, Nikia Hunt, Tushar Jain, Josh Clark, C.E. Barnes, Sarah Reilly Pancoast, Lizz Bogaard, Denise Talamantez, Tami Veldura, Katie Day, Stephanie Amedeo, Shelley Kitchura Nelson, Karen Albright Lin, David Stier, Ian Neligh, Megan E. Freeman, Jere Ellison, Debbie Maxwell Allen, Kathie Scrimgeour (Project Manager), Jamie Ferguson (Editor), Lou J Berger (editor), Jenny Kate (Editor)

Fresh Starts: Tales from the Pikes Peak Writers

Literature & Fiction

Odell, Terry

Kerby, T. R.

Chandos, Michael

Moody, Marilyn K.

May, Bill

Leigh, Morgen

Barrow, Harper

Stanker, Gwynne

Lapin, Lily

Mahal, Laura

Literary

Pikes Peak Writers

Whether you are awake or asleep, dreams take your mind and open it to a kaleidoscope of dreamscapes you never knew could exist. In a blink, the dream can transform from a bloody war to a little boy escaping his troubled childhood with his action figures. 
In this second anthology from the Pikes Peak Writers, you will take a journey through the creative minds of the twenty-seven writers who penned the following works based on a simple one-word prompt - Dream. Let yourself experience worlds in a spirit-filled house, on a pirate ship, or teeter on the precipice of Hell. Then, with the turn of a page, walk through the beauty of far-off lands, watch purple ducks on a yellow pond, or run with terror through a town filled with monsters. Enjoy this stroll down a crooked path that could hold your worst nightmare or your most beloved wish. Be careful what you wish for, a genie may be lurking in the labyrinth of your mind waiting to be set free.\nFrom the Author\nIn this anthology, my story THE LAST EMBER FADES is about a lone man, surrounded by "monsters" who are, in actuality, all the people he once considered neighbors, friends, and family.\nHe alone, through his OCD and determination to carry forward the mantle of humanity's best achievements, hasn't undergone the "change" that everybody else has.\nWhen the loneliness gets to be too much, he somehow switches them back to their former humanity, if only for an hour or so, just to have somebody else to talk to. Eventually, they ask him to stop reverting them. They are happier in their new roles of evolved humanity.\nWill he change to be like them, or will he hold on to keep the flame of humanity alive?\n- Lou J Berger, author

Dream: Tales from the Pikes Peak Writers

LEWIS, John

Heneghan, Matthew

Anderson, Steven J.

Duffy, Rick

Onion, Cepa

Preslier, Barbara

Alfieri, Jean

Davis, D.J.

Mitchell, Tracy

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