Joe Baldwin

Jacob Simeon is a lovable chubby nerd who is fighting against the universe's habit of tossing him the shortest end of the cosmic stick. He is left with a deadbeat father after his mother's unexpected exit and his middle school nemesis Robbie Stan to deal with.

From the author of Her Drawings and The Game and Other Stories comes a new collection of thirteen short stories to make you laugh, cry, and shiver.

The city of Bridgetown has a poor reputation. With weekly homicides on the east side, an affluent section of the city where residents want no part of the Bridgetown name, and a downtown area where the city’s budget is being drained. Madeline Cross is on her way to becoming a movie star.

Lindsay wants good grades to get into a good college, but some of her classmates are getting under her skin, in more ways than one… What starts out as a lovely getaway on a secluded island for an elderly couple slowly becomes apparent that they are part of a sinister game…

Sally and Rose Wilkinson are in a dire home situation. They must stick together at all costs. When elder sister, Sally, takes Rose on an adventure trekking through the depths of the farmhouse backyard, Sally’s world is turned upside down....