Outskirts Press Announces While Shepherds Watched, the Latest Fiction/ Short Stories Book From Knoxville, TN Author Steven Roberts

Denver, CO and Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) September 27, 2007

Outskirts Press, Inc. has published While Shepherds Watched: Stories of Christmas Miracles and Mysteries by Steven Roberts, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 5 x 8 Paperback in the Fiction/ Short Stories category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $ 15.95. The webpage at http://www.outskirtspress.com/WhileShepardsWatch was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

Whether it's a paperboy inviting the local madam home for Christmas dinner, or a teeenage boy who saves the Christmas concert in a most surprising way, or a delivery boy who brings two people together separated by tragedy and learns the lessons of unconditional love, or a young lieutenant who receives a first grader's drawing that leads him to save a village and realize that good things can happen in the worst places, or the final battle between neighborhood rivals that turns tragedy into triumph you'll be moved and touched by these delightful Christmas tales. While each is rich with its own unique characters and action, they all illustrate the magic and mysteries of Christmas, and remind us that miracles really do happen, not just at Christmas but always. You'll laugh and cry and be caught-up in each of these engaging stories. Suitable for all ages and occasions While Shepherds Watched: Stories of Christmas Miracles and Mysteries is a masterful and joyful celebration of life and living.

Deftly constructed at 176 pages, While Shepherds Watched: Stories of Christmas Miracles and Mysteries is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Fiction/ Short Stories category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, While Shepherds Watched meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $ 15.95.

Additionally, While Shepherds Watched can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press wholesale online bookstore at http://www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks

ISBN: 9781432714017 Format: 5 x 8 Paperback SRP: $ 15.95

For more information or to contact the author, visit http://www.outskirtspress.com/WhileShepardsWatch

About the Author

Steven Roberts' adult life has been in public service holding public office, managing public agencies, and teaching in public schools. He has served on numerous community, non-profit, and government boards. Active in his church, his stories are read each Christmas. He holds a PhD in Political Science and is a professor for Tusculum College. The proud father of two adult children, he lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.

About Outskirts Press, Inc.

Outskirts Press offers turn-key, custom book publishing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available globally at http://www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press, Inc. represents the future of book publishing, today.

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Thirst, a Collection of Short Fiction by Linda A. Lavid Now Available

Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) July 10, 2006

Aventine Press announces the release of Thirst (ISBN 1-59330-470-2), a collection of short fiction.

Thirst is Ms. Lavids third book of fiction. In this collection jaunty, lusty, creepy, quirky characters, all needful, discover what they want is not what they get. A man obsessed with terrorism, a woman in an abusive marriage, a secret forced into the open are a few of the dilemmas faced by desperate characters reaching blind. Similar to Ms. Lavids first collection, points of craft and inspiration follow each story. Both original and previous published work are contained in the collection. Discussion questions have been added for book club interest.

Ms. Lavid has written two other books. Rented Rooms, a collection of short fiction, features stories that are eclectic in both style and genre. Tales of mystery, love gone awry and characters who cross the line comprise the whole. Critically acclaimed by Tregolwyn Book Reviews as Sixteen stories . . . uniformly excellent, Rented Rooms is used in entry level college writing courses. Fifty percent of author royalties from Rented Rooms are sent directly to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Her novel Paloma, features a Latina with three identities. Someone wants Paloma dead, but which identity is the killer after? Reviews applaud Paloma as One of the best crafted books Ive read in a while, a keeper. Literary Lighthouse Reviews; Heart-stopping, blood pressure rising book" Road to Romance; "As much about the relationship between two people as it is about the plot to kill one of them." Rambles.

Award-winning author from Buffalo, NY, Ms. Lavid is also a motivational speaker on writing. Her next book is on the writing, publishing and marketing of fiction. She believes, thanks to technology of the 21st Century, writers are entering a golden era. Other than her books, her work has appeared in Unlikely Stories, The Southern Cross Review, Plots with Guns, Ascent Magazine, Tangents, Wilmington Blues, Cenotaph, Zimmer-zine, and A Cruel World. For more reviews and excerpts of her work, please visit http://www.lindalavid.com. Author is available for interviews and presentations on writing, publishing and marketing fiction.

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