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Strawberry Cupcake Mystery When small-town baker Clara Bloom finds herself caught between cupcakes and corruption, the recipe for trouble rises fast. After the sudden death of her business partner, Clara’s quaint café in Starke, Florida, becomes the center of a corporate conspiracy that smells less like sugar and more like sabotage. When a mysterious ingredient, a forged invoice, and a trail of stolen secrets lead straight to a powerful food company, Clara must whisk up her courage and uncover the truth before she ends up as the next “special of the day.” With her sarcastic best ...

When two sharp-tongued sisters get called for jury duty, small-town justice doesn’t stand a chance. Eighty-seven year old Betty and her level-headed sister Barb expected a quiet week at the courthouse — some sandwiches, a little gossip, maybe a nap or two between testimonies. What they didn’t expect was murder. When a defendant drops dead mid-trial and the evidence starts pointing closer to home, Betty and Barb find themselves tangled in a web of deceit that stretches from the courthouse steps to the heart of Bayview itself. Between secret affairs, missing files, and one suspiciously ...

In the small, rusty dusty town of Starke, Florida, election season is the most cutthroat time of the year. A time when normal, “salt-of-the-Earth” citizens who are usually friendly, kind, and helpful turn on each other. It’s a game of hurling insults at the opposing political party. It’s a social media frenzy of keyboard warriors mixed with lambasting their opponents’ campaigns. Only when election season is over does the community resume its pleasing cozy country persona. It’s like Steel Magnolias meets The Walking Dead. But this year, the stakes have never been higher. When the...

Dog foster mom Maggie Baxter thought her biggest problems were fur-covered leggings and Biscuit stealing socks again. But when a murdered accountant, a kidnapped groomer, and a shady donor all collide with the Bradford County Animal Shelter’s biggest fundraiser of the year, she’s plunged nose-first into a mystery with more twists than a leash caught under a rocking chair. With her crime-solving best friends Betty and Barb, her sheriff-turned-reluctant-ally Glenn Harper, and her loyal pack of foster pups, Maggie follows a trail of clues that exposes a shocking dog-trafficking scheme ...

Forty-Something Fat Ass is not your average self-help book. Oh no, this one comes with stretch marks, a side of sarcasm, and a strong whiff of Ben-Gay. Told from the brutally honest, wildly funny, and slightly jaded perspective of a woman navigating the battlefield of midlife thighs-first, this book is your new best friend in paperback form. Whether you’re mourning the loss of your metabolism, avoiding mirrors like they owe you money, or wondering how your upper arms turned into bat wings overnight—this book sees you. It is you. And it’s here to remind you (in between burps and belly ...

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Welcome to Starke, Florida—a town sweet on sugar and sour on secrets. Clara Bloom thought life as a small-town coffee shop owner would be simple: pour lattes, bake coffee cake, and gossip with her best friend Daisy. But when sabotage rocks the annual strawberry bake-off, Clara finds herself neck-deep in poisoned pies, stolen recipes, and more suspects than sprinkles on a cupcake. What starts as a search for a saboteur spirals into a web of lies, embezzlement, and dangerous secrets stretching far beyond the kitchen. From pearl-clutching socialites to clipboard-wielding inspectors, everyone...

Strawberry Festival season in Starke, Florida should be all about sweet desserts and small-town charm—unless you’re Clara Bloom. Clara juggles fostering dogs for Bradford County Animal Services with baking strawberry tarts that could win blue ribbons—or burn down her kitchen. But when a string of bizarre “accidents” strike the shelter—missing paperwork, tampered locks, and runaway animals—suspicion lands squarely on her doorstep. As the Strawberry Festival kicks off, chaos erupts in the middle of the tart contest when shelter dogs are set loose in front of half the county. ...

Don’t Lick the Desk… And Other Teaching Absurdities Teaching: the noble profession where you shape young minds, inspire future leaders… and beg children not to eat the classroom furniture. If you’ve ever spent ten minutes explaining why glue sticks aren’t chapstick, dodged a flying shoe mid-lesson, or questioned your life choices after hearing “Miss, I think I swallowed my pencil”—this book is for you. Packed with laugh-out-loud stories, absurd encounters, and the unfiltered chaos of the classroom, Don’t Lick the Desk is a survival guide for the teachers on the frontlines....

Teaching isn’t just about lesson plans, grading papers, and managing classroom chaos—it’s also about developing Olympic-level bladder control. If you’ve ever found yourself shifting uncomfortably at the front of the room, counting down the seconds until the next bell, this book is for you. I Need To Pee...But I Can't Leave My Class Unsupervised is a hilarious yet brutally honest look at one of teaching’s greatest challenges: never being able to use the restroom when you actually need to. From the first cup of coffee in the morning (a terrible mistake) to the desperate lunchtime ...

Betty & Barb: Casino Murder A Cozy Mystery Full of Sass, Suspicion, and Slot Machine Shenanigans Meet Betty (87, practically blind, definitely dangerous) and Barb (80, perpetually broke but weirdly lucky), two sharp-tongued sisters from Ohio with a talent for solving crimes and starting them. These senior sleuths just wanted a relaxing afternoon at their favorite casino—cheap cocktails, penny slots, and maybe a marshmallow or two roasted over a Bath & Body Works candle. But when Tony "The Count" Marconi slumps over at the poker table—dead as a doornail and twice as cold—the feisty duo...

Barbarians, dragons, mermaids, and wizards abound in this eccletic collection of fantasy from Chattanooga's own, The Corner Scribbler's. Forward and "An Oath's Other Edge" - a Shijuren universe short story - by guest author, Rob Howell.

Fearless or feral? Liberating or life-threatening? The wild side of life takes many forms. It seeps through the cracks of our world in the form of stray cats, tenacious weeds, oppressive relationships, and haunting memories. These 14 stories by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers explore the wildness that lives inside all of us—and what happens when we let it out.

The Corner Scribblers is a small writer's support group in the Chattanooga area comprised of writers, authors, and storytellers from a wide range of skills and backgrounds. We come together once a month to discuss our current projects, recent accomplishments and to share what we have each learned about the craft. Within this cover, you will find a collection of holiday-themed flash fiction stories and poetry, displaying a small sample of those combined skills.

A quirky collection of flash fiction based in the realm of post-apocolyptic fiction with forward by Daniel Humphreys. From the Pollenocalypse to zombies, you're sure to feel right at home with the end of the world.

Welcome to the Universe of Weirdos. We bring you a variety of subjects, with a comedic twist. Also featuring Wrestling with Criminals, strange stories, FAQ episodes, and a whole galaxy full of wackiness.Come for the stories, stay for the laughs, and explore this odd existence with us.

Strawberry Sweet Roll Mystery A Clara Bloom Cozy Mystery When Starke’s beloved Chamber of Commerce launches a shiny new “Sweet Roll Initiative,” Clara Bloom only wants to sell pastries, gossip with Daisy, and avoid any more dead bodies. Naturally, she finds one. The Chamber’s director—polished, powerful, and allergic to accountability—has been hiding more than just budget reports, and Clara stumbles straight into a whirlpool of forged documents, shady grants, secret land swaps, and a development scheme that would bulldoze half of Bradford County. But the real trouble starts when...

When the truth rises, someone always gets burned… or baked. Clara Bloom just wants to run her bakery, avoid the local gossip mill, and perfect her strawberry crumble recipe. But when a dramatic collapse at the historic Florida Twin Theater puts her in the spotlight again, her quiet small-town life shatters like an overbaked pie crust. Soon Clara is neck-deep in secrets, old grudges, and a decades-old environmental scandal that someone will do anything to bury. With the sheriff warning her to stay out of it (like that’s ever worked), a whistleblower son seeking justice for his father, ...

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