Fault Zone: Diverge: An Anthology of Stories by the San Francisco/Peninsula Writers Club

by Audrey Kalman, Thomas A. Ekkens (Illustrator), Joanne Shwed (Illustrator)

Introducing the fifth volume of Fault Zone . First it was Words from the Edge, followed by Stepping Up to the Edge, and then Over the Edge. In 2014 there was Fault Shift. The San Francisco/Peninsula Writers have completed their fifth volume, Fault Diverge. Read strange tales like “Lose the Bubble, Screw the Pooch, Buy the Farm,” or flirty love in a Starbucks with “Skin Deep?” Whatever your mood, there is something to charm you, confirm your suspicions, or let your kindred soul run free. Fault Diverge should be on everyone's bedside table.Authors Kevin Arnold, Sue Barizon, Jo Carpignano, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, Emily Eddins, Ann Foster, Darlene Frank, James Hanna, Karen Hartley, Laurel Anne Hill, Diane Jacobson, Amy Kelm, Maurine Killough, Bardi Rosman Koodrin, Eileen Malone, Elise Frances Miller, Diane Lee Moomey, Lucy Ann Murray, Linda Okerlund, Lisa Meltzer Penn, Frank A. Saunders, Martha Clark Scala, Ellen Six, Eve Visconti, Wendy Walter,and Ollie Mae Trost Welch.

176 pages, Paperback

First published December 2, 2014

About the author

Audrey Kalman writes literary fiction with a dark edge, often about what goes awry when human connection is missing from our lives. She is the author of two novels, What Remains Unsaid and Dance of Souls. Her collection of short fiction, Tiny Shoes Dancing and Other Stories was published in 2018 and was shortlisted for the 2019 Rubery Book Award. Her latest publication is "The Last Storyteller," released on the Kindle Vella platform.

Many online and print journals have published her short fiction and poetry, including "Boundoff," "Every Day Fiction," "Fault Zone," "The Jewish Literary Journal," "Mash Stories," "Pithead Chapel," "Punchnels," "The Sand Hill Review," and "Sixfold." She edited two editions of the "Fault Zone" anthology of California writers (Fault Zone Shift and Fault Zone Diverge).

She lives in northern California and is at work on two more novels. Find out more at www.audreykalman.com.