[h3]Saturday, October 6, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.[/h3]

Tahoe Author, Laura Newman, knows the power of a single sentence. She tackles 14 stories that make the ordinary askew.

TWENTIETH CENTURY centers on a young Catholic woman contemplating an abortion.

BURNING MAN takes the reader to the ultimate anti-establishment festival.

NEEDLE AND THREAD focuses on a mother whose son is a heroin addict.

SILVER follows a young WWII soldier from Iowa who can only save his mind through singing.

THE QUALITY OF LIGHT is a small story about a mother’s love for her children and nature.

RED EYE is a about a Irish gay boy growing up in the Wild Wild West.

WATER explores the fear of water.

PARALLEL TO PARADISE is a cautionary tail about the pitfalls of moving too fast into a relationship.

SHINE ON chronicles a best friend’s decent into alcoholism.

THE LITTLE BEAST is a tough story about what it takes to leave an abusive marriage.

THE GRAVEYARD explores the confusion of leaving childhood.

ALABASTER CIRCLE tells of a young white woman from 1910’s Wisconsin falling in love with a one-legged Mexican cowboy.

A SMALL, TOO FAMILIAR GESTURE explores the moment when all is exposed.

ANGEL DUST is about finding a path to God through a circuitous route with the help of a monkey, a gorilla and a dog.