To catch a zombi

By Mary Alexander Walker

In 1784 a young black boy, disgusted by his mother's dependence on the local voodoo priest, leaves the Louisiana swamps where they live and goes to New Orleans where he eventually gains the knowled...

The Scathach and Maeve's daughters

By John N. Walker, Mary Alexander Walker

In the eighth century, Scathach, the ancient shape-shifting female champion, appears to Maeve Moira, the daughter of a Celtic High King, and, pleased with her character, promises that her daughters...

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Bread and Roses

By Mary A. Walker

Maggot

By Mary Alexander Walker

As their tenuous friendship deepens, three lonely young people come to terms with the crises in their lives.

Brad's box

By Mary Alexander Walker

The high school boy who arrives to spend a year as a boarder with fourteen-year-old Rose's Iowa farm family ultimately becomes part of that family, changing Rose's life and blooming into a maturity...