Touch the Stars

by Shannon Muir

Angela Damon moved from a small town to the big city of Los Angeles to follow her dreams and to see the world and maybe find the father she never knew. Upon her mother's death, old wounds are opened and mysteries uncovered that begin to give Angela keys to her identity. Along the way, she undergoes a transformation of self as Angela strives to discover what makes her identity as a person and what the definition of personal happiness is. Her surprise guide in that journey is a waiter named Hugo with a few dreams of his own... NOW OUT OF PRINT AND AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE HEART'S DUTY COLLECTION.

144 pages, Paperback

First published February 16, 2011

About the author

SHANNON MUIR's prose encourages readers to "uncover the mystery of character," with an emphasis on mystery, New Pulp and noir, science fiction, and fantasy. She’s also known for writing animation scripts and for textbooks written based on her experience in the animation industry, now out of print, entitled GARDNER'S GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING ANIMATION and GARDNER'S GUIDE TO PITCHING AND SELLING ANIMATION.

She has written “Tropical Terror” in CRIME DOWN ISLAND and “Hidden History” in EXPLORER PULP, “Tragic Like a Torch Song” in THE DAME DID IT, and preceded by her debut genre fiction story “Pretty as a Picture” in the anthology NEWSHOUNDS from Pro Se Press - all of which are now collected in SECRETS IN THE SPOTLIGHT since these stories are or will be going out of print. Addidtionally, her stories are "Ghost in the Past" from THE GHOST PAPERS: ARMS IN THE DARK and the short story “Meeting the Monster” in the Emby Press anthology SUPERHERO MONSTER HUNTER: THE GOOD FIGHT, along with the Single Shot New Pulp tale “Ghost of the Airwaves,” Also written by her but now out of print is CHARLES BOECKMAN PRESENTS DOC AND SALL Y IN 'THE DEATH OF BUDDY TURNER'. From her personal self-published projects, best known titles in this area include the rural-noir inspired THE WILLOWBROOK SAGA.


Shannon holds a BA in Radio-TV and English from Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, which she considers to be her hometown. She also holds an MA in Communications from California State University, Fullerton, and an MLIS from San Jose State University, along with additional education in screenwriting, project management, library technician studies, and most recently a certificate earned with distinction in General Business with Emphasis in Marketing from UCLA Extension.

She is married to FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY collaborator and fellow author Kevin Paul Shaw Broden. They live in California in the United States.