National Network for Equitable Library Service

Can a person's life change in just one day? How about seven? Donald Pottier and Jason Greene are barely more than boys when they meet on Chincoteague Island, Virginia.

Josh held baby Vivien when she took her first breath in the world, and he has loved every breath she’s taken since.

When a funeral calls his friend Martin away, sunbelt resident Chris is left alone in Martin’s cabin in the dead of winter—and in a blizzard to boot.

A Love Means... Story Seven months ago, Len Parker lost his partner of more than twenty years, and he isn’t sure how to feel about his blossoming attraction to Chris, one of his farmhands.

Jonathon Pfister’s life has settled into a maudlin existence since the death of Greg, his lover of seventeen years.

A Work Out Story Taking advantage of a free pass from work, Maddoc decides to try out a fitness center.

Kendall Monroe is handcuffed to a car in the desert. Is this life imitating art or art imitating life?

Former model Brent Phillips now works the other side of the camera. He makes his money on senior portraits but wants to create an art exhibition.

He’s searching for a story but finds so much more. Brad Torrence is next on the chopping block at the newspaper where he works.

Luka Krachec immigrates to the United States to find his cousin dead and his cousin’s wife hospitalized after a terrible accident. He meets Peter Montgomery at the funeral.

A Taste of Love Story To make a small fortune, start with a large fortune and open a bakery. That’s the advice Marcus Wilson has heard.

A Love Means... Story Years after his discharge from the Marines under “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” Cody Culver lives in a PTSD-induced world all his own.

Leo Painter is the CEO of Earth Global, a large energy, mining and real-estate development firm.

It’s the bleak midwinter and the Shenandoah Valley is poised on the brink of an unusually icy and snowy season. Alexei Kamarov’s body is discovered in a forest within the Picketsville town limits.

Ike Schwartz thought he could return to his hometown and ditch the demons that pursue him.