From the gentle to the humorous, from the mild to the murderous, here's a collection of sixteen tales from the minds of some of America's brightest young students. Writing students from South Valley Leadership Academy, Ensign Peak Academy, and Mr. C's Academy for the Seriously Disruptive Intelligence combine to spin the fantastic and the fatal. Stories by Ella Nielsen, Calvin and Logan Hansen, Daniel Checketts, Sabrina B Jones, Emmalee Hansen, Grace Hatch, Marion Zundel, Madi Jane Carlile, Esther Crossley, Abby Briggs, Luke Howells, Isaac Howells, Eli Liechty, Peter Chapman, Andilyn Carrico, Alexander Henage, and Ella Zundel, with an exclusive short by crime novelist Christopher JH Jones, author of the Trinity Flynn series.
CJ is a battle-scarred veteran of children’s lit and YA, having with his wife Jeanette eight children of his own. He is the author of one novel, two short story collections, three books on marketing and communications, and has written twelve novels, nine of which he is legally allowed to admit to. A fanatical reader, has a large stack of books on his nightstand, his end table, his bookshelves and his floor, and spends practically every waking moment either reading or writing, and absolutely every waking moment wishing he were. His musings show up here, at iamchrisjones.com, and at medium.com/@iamchrisjones.