"Carved in Granite" collection of short stories from NH authors

Carved in Granite:
Storytellers of New Hampshire

A new anthology of previously unpublished short stories from over a dozen New Hampshire writers.

Fifteen stories, just $17.95 + s/h
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SciArt Media is proud to announce a new anthology of previously unpublished short stories from New Hampshire storytellers. Over a dozen authors contribute to the collection, made up of fifteen stories in a variety of genres. Whether your love is sci-fi, fantasy, family relationships, interpersonal communications, speculative fiction, retellings of classics from a new perspective, or other themes, you’re sure to find something you like in “Carved in Granite: Storytellers of New Hampshire.”

"...an eclectic collection of stories... these stories are as different as, Portstmouth and Pittsburg, or maybe Portsmouth and the planet Uranus..."
- Rebecca Rule

[T]he quality is first rate. I mean the quality one expects if one were to walk into Barnes and Noble and purchase a book of stories from one of your favorite international celebrity authors...
- Brian Wright, Coffee Coaster Book Reviews
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The collection begins with “Zero,” by James Maynard: a look at a distant society that finds that artificial computerized implants can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. At first used to cure disease and disability, the same devices become a tool of control for a government falling into tyranny. As the world around them becomes more complacent about a totalitarian government, a small band of rebels joins together to win back freedom. Combining elements and ideas from such varied sources as “The Odyssey,” Shakespeare, “Star Trek,” “Harry Potter,” “Battlestar Galactica” and “Lost,” this story aims at the mind and tugs at the heartstrings.

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Book signings, shows, etc:

October 25, 2008
12:00 - 3:00
Epsom Public Library
Epsom, NH
Mike Dempsey +TBA

Past events:

Sunday, September 21st
2pm - 4pm
Book Signing/Reading
Nashua Library
Nashua, NH
Nikki Andrews, Bruce Graham

Sunday, September 21st
12pm - 4pm
Book Signing
Temple 250th Anniversary
Temple, NH
James Maynard

Saturday, September 13th
11am - 1pm
Book Signing
Toadstool Bookshop
Milford, NH
Nikki Andrews, Amber Marshall,
Richard Farley, Cheryl Sommesse,
James Maynard

Saturday, August 23rd
10:00am - 2:00 pm
Book Signing
Lull Farm
Rt. 13, Milford
Nikki Andrews, Richard Farley
Cheryl Sommesse, James Maynard

Tuesday, August 5th
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Book Signing
Chester, NH Public Library
Melissa Rossetti

Keep checking back
for more events!

Buy the book at:

Toadstool Bookshop Milford
Lull Farm Rt. 13 Milford
Temple Store
More coming!

Or check it out
of your local library:

Epsom, NH
Stratham, NH
Temple, NH
More coming!

   “Stories from Ocean Grove,” by Jonathan Wood, is a look at small-town life, where things are just a little (!) askew. If “The Stepford Wives” met “The Twilight Zone” and then got filtered through a Norman Rockwell painting, you’d be just starting to appreciate this fantastic work by this up-and-coming author in his first of two works in this collection.

   The brave men and women of the Epsom, New Hampshire Fire Department are celebrated in “Minute Man,” by Mike Dempsey. They work, live and risk their lives together for the common man and far too many of them sacrifice more than time. Read of triumph and heartbreak, comradeship, sacrifice and glory in this stirring tale set right here in New Hampshire.

   “Johnny Nightbird” – We’ve all known him. You remember, the guy you knew in your twenties who was always playing guitar in coffee houses and getting all the girls? Get to know Johnny Nightbird, as seen through the mind of a coffee house owner who knew him in this tale by Christopher Childs. Maybe you didn’t know him as well as you thought!

   Everyone knows that Rapunzel let down her long hair to escape from the tall tower where she was imprisoned. But what was going through her mind? Through clever plot twists, Amber Marshall’s modern retelling of the Brother’s Grimm 1812 classic in “The Price of Longing” will give you a whole new look at this oft-told tale.

   There are good parents, there are great parents, and then there is “Damn” – a father who was so angry that his kids only knew him by the single word he used to describe everything. Ron Kaiser brings us this interesting look at a largely dysfunctional father-son relationship, but is there more than what we see on the surface, when we look beneath the crusty veneer?

   Death isn’t what you’d expect it to be for the recently deceased in the next story by Jonathan Wood: A mysterious world somehow seems all too normal in some ways for a gentleman who finds himself in the afterlife. Just when you think you’ve got it nailed down, though, we are reminded that life in the hereafter isn’t as bad, or as good, as it is cracked up to be in “Purgatory.”

   Did you remember to separate your plastics? And you don’t have any glossy paper in with the newsprint, do you? Mandatory recycling changes the life of one man in small-town Chester, New Hampshire in “Trash Talk” by Melissa Rossetti. Recycling – Love it or leave it (in the correct receptacle, of course!).

   Sometimes the most poignant moments in life come from the most ordinary of circumstances. “The Manicure” is one of these times. In this story, Susan Morgan tells the story of Maggie Collins, an aging mother and wife, as she meets other women from different walks of life, and they discuss their significant others, children, and more. This is a story of the way relationships affect our lives.

   Falling into madness is a frightening prospect. But what kind of person would not only allow it to happen, but would document his thoughts as the process progressed? Why, a research student, of course! Bruce Graham is the author of this imaginative narrative of a bold experiment: to document “The Decline of Reason.”

   “Probe” the mind of a disembodied life form as it winds its way through the bodies and souls of people and animals. One of the most unique stories we’ve read in a long time, this story by Nikki Andrews will lead you not just into the minds, but the souls of life forms all around you.

   Folk legends live again in “Theoticus,” by Jon Donnell. You know you are in for a bad lot in life when your name means “Cursed One.” But maybe things are looking up for poor old Theoticus: after all, this is a classic story of boy meets girl, boy… Oh, you’ll have to read the story to find out more.

   There are good cars and there are bad cars. Some are just plain classics. The Model A Ford is one of the latter. Some people called it “Henry’s Best.” But did ye’ ever go an’ try ta kill one of ‘em? That’s the premise of this tale by Silas Yeaton, as he brings us along on a journey of several young men who decide to go an’ blow themselves up one of them thar cars. May not be as easy as the boys think, though…

   Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, but no one remembered to tell Milky, a Plutonian with a rather unique sense of, well… everything. In "The Milky Way," Richard Farley tells the story of an alien who eats his drinking partner in an argument and is chased around the Solar System. And that’s before he lands in Pelham, New Hampshire.

   Jannel Miller is surprised when she goes to see an orthopedic specialist, and a physician’s assistant treats her instead She’s not happy at all with the situation, in fact. However, maybe she underestimates the P.A., Dufrey Jagus. Maybe he under-estimated Jannel. There is conflict and growth as the story progresses, but who needs to grow more? Follow along in "September Leaves Turning."