NEW FICTION
A Haunting Fog
Heidi Martin Washburn of Union, Maine Madelyn Davis, a journalist for a small-town newspaper, falls into a slump and misses one too many deadlines. Placed on leave, she becomes a caregiver for an elderly summer resident with a tragic past. Her promise to search for the truth in a decades-old mystery uncovers more questions than answers. Madelyn learns that truth is not always what it seems. Paperback, 6" x 9", 270 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-256-7 $16.95 Heidi Martin Washburn is a retired elementary school teacher whose ancestors were Maine’s earliest settlers. After forty years away, she came home and jumped into the “deep end” of fiction writing one winter when the days were cold and the nights were long. She lives in Union with her husband, Terry, and their rescue dog, Kasey.
Household
Deborah Gould of Brunswick & Mt. Vernon, Maine “The first time it happened,” I said, “I nearly choked on my surprise.” So begins Margaret Wilson’s telling of a relationship gone awry. Combine domestic danger (present) and safety (past) with a rich description of the landscape they share—an old farmhouse in Maine—and Household becomes a narrative of tension and sweetness, a balance of abuse and refuge. Paperback, 6" x 9", 253 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-257-4 $17.95 Deborah Gould has volunteered for two domestic violence agencies in Maine, facilitated support groups for women in abusive relationships, and served on the Board of Directors of the Family Violence Project. A founding member of the Cumberland Street Writers, she also belongs to a small, unprogrammed Quaker meeting. Gould is a three-season resident of Brunswick and summers on Flying Pond in Mount Vernon. The Eastern, Book One: The Early Years is available on page 26. The Eastern, Book Two: Later On is available on page 26. “Rec’d Your Card…Thot You Was Dead” is available on page 30.
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Maine Authors Publishing | spring/summer 2021 trade catalog
