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Zarahemla Books


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We publish provocative, unconventional, yet ultimately faith-affirming stories that yield new insights into Mormon culture and humanity.

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Website: http://www.zarahemlabooks.com

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No Going Back    by Jonathan Langford
Price: $2.99 USD. 111070 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on April 14, 2010. .
(3.00)
A gay teenage Mormon growing up in western Oregon in 2003. His straight best friend. Their parents. A typical LDS ward, a high-school club about tolerance for gays, and a proposed anti-gay-marriage amendment to the state constitution. These elements combine in a coming-of-age story about faithfulness and friendship, temptation and redemption, tough choices and conflicting loyalties.
Dispensation: Latter-Day Fiction    by Angela Hallstrom
Price: $2.99 USD. 180010 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on January 24, 2011. .
(2.00)
A collection of the best Mormon short fiction written in the past two decades, each of these extraordinary stories represents a potent individual voice, from nationally acclaimed authors Brady Udall and Orson Scott Card, to respected Mormon literature veterans Douglas Thayer and Margaret Blair Young, to talented up-and-coming writers Lisa Madsen Rubilar and Todd Robert Petersen, and many more.
Dispirited    by Luisa M. Perkins
Price: $3.99 USD. 81910 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on March 21, 2012. .
A boy named Blake teaches himself how to get out of his body in order to search for the spirit of his dead mother. One night when he comes home, he finds that another being has taken over in his absence. For years, he watches this impostor live his life. Then his father remarries, and Blake hopes to get help from his new stepsister, Cathy, who possesses equally unusual gifts.
The Death of a Disco Dancer    by David Clark
Price: $2.99 USD. 82110 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on November 29, 2011. .
Returning home to Arizona to assist his dying mother, Todd Whitman reflects on the pivotal summer of 1981 when he was eleven years old, a Mormon kid growing up in the American suburbs. This vivid depiction of the torture and hilarity of navigating adolescence becomes a meditation on the meaning of sacrifice and the transforming responsibility of familial love.
Kindred Spirits    by Christopher Bigelow
Price: $2.99 USD. 100430 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on February 8, 2011. .
Born and bred in Mormon Utah, Eliza Spainhower has carved out an independent life for herself in Boston. Though still a believer, she has "fallen into sin" and been disfellowshipped from the LDS Church. Trying to repent, she connects with local native Eric Abercrombie. Soon she's prodding him in a race against hormones as the couple navigates the baptism and wedding hurdles of modern Mormonism.
Brother Brigham    by D. Michael Martindale
Price: $2.99 USD. 96520 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on February 3, 2011. .
(5.00)
Like many young boys, C.H. Young grew up with an imaginary friend. In C.H.'s case, it was his ancestor Brigham Young. But C.H. grows up and leaves his childhood fantasies behind--or so he thinks. Then one day, a very real "Brother Brigham" pays him a visit, making demands that tax his faith, his marriage, and his sanity.
Wasatch: Mormon Stories and a Novella    by Douglas Thayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 95260 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on December 2, 2011. .
Douglas Thayer's third collection of short fiction presents a dozen of his career-best stories, including several that have never before appeared in print.
On the Road to Heaven    by Coke Newell
Price: $2.99 USD. 122320 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on March 31, 2010. .
In a style reminiscent of Jack Kerouac, Coke Newell's groundbreaking autobiographical novel traces an LSD-to-LDS pilgrimage across two continents. From Colorado's 1970s hippie heyday to the coca fields of Colombia, it's a journey through Thoreau ascetics, Ram Dass Taoism, and Edward Abbey monkey-wrenching to the mission fields of one of the world's most conservative contemporary religions.
Rift    by Todd Robert Petersen
Price: $2.99 USD. 83950 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on March 14, 2011. .
Jens Thorsen's retirement is not what his wife, Lila, was expecting. Rather than tending to things around the house, Thorsen has thrown himself into a life of charity. When he's not nursing a feud with local bishop, that is. Then the bishop's daughter moves home and there are suddenly too many egos in one place. The little town of Sanpete starts to pull apart at the seams.
Long After Dark    by Todd Robert Petersen
Price: $2.99 USD. 68190 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on March 10, 2011. .
In these award-winning stories and a new novella, Todd Robert Petersen takes the reader on expeditions to Utah, Arizona, Brazil, Rwanda, and into the souls of twenty-first century Mormons caught between their humanity, faith, and church.
Hunting Gideon    by Jessica Draper
Price: $2.99 USD. 73510 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on February 28, 2011. .
As an agent in the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, Sue Anne Jones stalks the V-Net, the ultimate virtual-reality interface. She and her partner, Loren Hunter, have been ordered to hunt down a scripture-quoting cyber-terrorist who calls himself "Gideon." Hunting Gideon sends Sue and Loren on a wild chase as they scramble to avert the ultimate online disaster.


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