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It's the summer of 1993. After the death of their parents at the hands of a drunk driver, city-dwelling teenage brothers Christopher and James Janes are sent to live with their widowed grandfather in the remote Ozarks of Missouri. There, the brothers must learn to cope with the drastic turn their lives have taken and the unfamiliarity of their surroundings, as well as their grief. By some stroke of fate, there is one other person their age in the area: a girl named Kylie.

The Short(Cuts) is a collection of seven unique and individual stories that range across all different genres. Sometimes humorous and other times sad, the collection represents some of the smaller works that Matthew Fish has written in the past 18 years. They range in length from 1,000-word shorts to 30,000-word pieces that have been dated to show a progress and change in both narrative style and tone.

Written exactly 20 years after the first novel A Window in the Earth, the sequel tells a unique story throughout time as different members of the Janes family return to Pine Hallow in order to discover the past. Some come with hopes of revisiting the hopeful memories they have long since left behind, while others seek to forge a new future.

A young musician escapes from the kingdom on the night before a great battle is to occur. In his attempt to sneak away in the darkness, he is met by others who soon become traveling companions as his journey to discover his role in a war that will sweep the entire world begins.

A completely satirical guide to the great corn prairie state of Illinois. What starts off as an idiotic and darkly humorous travel guide slowly devolves into the realm of horror for both the travel guide and his family.

When she arrives at the gas station that her grandfather runs, she finds no trace of him, only a cryptic note that leads her once again out into the deadly cold in a last-ditch effort to find him. At her weakest moment, with the cold threatening to overtake her, she discovers the impossible: a patch of green grass and flowers, growing untouched amidst the harsh elements. However, she finds no peace here. Instead, a looming shadow beneath her feet drags her down to the Abyss, where her adventures begin in a new world full of choices.