Modified Gorge Craft Show

Event Date: October 16-17, 2020
Event Address: Hood River Fairgrounds, 3020 Wyeast Rd.
Contact us at events@niwawriters.com

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    ANTHOLOGIES
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    Endless Possibilities. A doorway can be an opportunity, an escape, or a transition. No matter where it goes, something changes. The 15 stories within will transport you to magical realms, unexpected futures, and surprising situations.
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    Everyone loves a party. Twenty authors from the Pacific Northwest want to take you on a rollercoaster ride. Mermaids, monsters, mayhem, and madness lurk within. Have your ticket ready at the turnstile and prepare to be amazed!
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    Bridges take many forms, but all span a gap from one thing to another--between two places, two people, two worlds, or anything else. Sixteen authors each offer a tale of connection.
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    Within these pages are 19 "artifact" stories. You'll meet a werewolf with daddy issues, an android driven mad by time. You'll travel to worlds filled with magic, visit unique cultures, and move through time.
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    Welcome to the world of demons, ghosts, agents of chaos, aliens, and assorted bodies filled by odd people. The lines are not straight, the borders not clear. The realms overlap in ways we could never presume. The unusual and unpredictable share these Bent Dimensions.
    ​CHILDREN'S
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    A lonely tree yearns to find his purpose among the other trees on the island. With the help of a wise old woman, A'pononoko, the tree finds that his true gift is his ability to be a good friend, show compassion, and love oneself.
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    Doodle Duck - A Color Your Own Story Book. Doodle Duck has a new doodle pad. Can he learn to enjoy his new toy without forgetting about his friends? A sweet story about friendship, communication, and forgiveness, with the added bonus of beautifully illustrated pages to color.
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    Digger Dog - A Color Your Own Story Book. Digger Dog receives a new dog bowl, but when it goes missing he wrongly blames his friends for taking it. This is a delightful story with a wonderful lesson about communication.
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    Cool Cat - A Color Your Own Story Book. Cool Cat meets a new group of cats and learns that friendship isn’t about the thing you can give, real friends will be there for you no matter what.
    YOUNG ADULT
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    For young Charlie MacCready, life is one mystery after another. Sent to St. Michael's Abbey & Home for Boys, Charlie is awakened in the middle of the night by a sound coming from the attic above. Together with his new friends Howard, Gus and Rick, they set out to find The Ghost in the Attic.
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    Haunted by nightmares Charlie begins to see shadows lurking all around him. Are they real or just his imagination? When, one by one, the students are attacked, the finger begins to point at Charlie. He must act fast to prove his innocence. On his own, he sets out to find the Shadows In The Dark.
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    As Charlie's third summer at Saint Michael's Abbey and Home for boys begins there is another mystery brewing in the air. Where there's smoke... Can Saint Michael's Abbey escape its past? Or is it be doomed to repeat it? Join Charlie and his friend Howard as they set out to silence the Sirens In The Night.
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    Young Adult coming of age story set in Scotland. When Caitlin finds herself banished to the middle of Scottish nowhere, due to her parents divorce and despite her best efforts, she does what every red-blooded-American girl would do. She meets a boy, unlike any guy she's ever known. Unfortunately, when dealing with folklore and fairy tales, a thought of romance can become a question of survival.
    COZY MYSTERY
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    Lynley Cannon is the crazy cat lady, but she's not quite crazy yet, though a bizarre connection to a bumbled heist and a double homicide has got her wondering. Retiree Lynley adores her Old Portland home with her clowder of rescue cats, but when elderly Fluffs drags in a dusky brown beach agate that turns out to be a priceless chocolate diamond, things change fast. The uncut stone, one of a pair called the Cats’ Eyes, has been stolen from its wealthy owner, but how it ended up a cat toy, even the robbers cannot guess. Threatened by kidnapping, theft, and murder, Lynley is determined to maintain her serenity, even if it means finding the crooks herself. With the police completely baffled, friends, family, and a hunky humane society investigator come onboard to help. The killer thinks Lynley has the diamonds and will go to any lengths to get them back. Will Lynley live to clean the litter box another day?
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    If your cat told you there was murder afoot, would you believe him? When cat-lady Lynley Cannon attends a workshop on animal communication– the psychic kind– she never guesses it could lead to a scheme both conniving and deadly. Someone in Portland is counterfeiting show cats, but that’s not the worst of it. Their techniques are savage and abusive, and Lynley must find the culprits before they do more harm. To compound matters, there’s a serial killer loose in Portland, mangling his victims with a gruesome cat-like claw. The crimes are connected, taking crazy to a whole new level in this 2nd Crazy Cat Lady cozy mystery.
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    Sixty-something cat shelter volunteer Lynley Cannon always finds more trouble than a cat in catnip, but this time it’s not about her. Someone is targeting very senior citizens, and when Bea Landrew, elderly owner of the Blue Cat café turns up dead, Lynley’s mom Carol could be next. Handsome Detective Devon is looking for a link between the victims when he makes a different sort of connection— with Lynley! It’s been a long time since the cat lady had romance in her life, but while her mom is in danger, the case comes first. It appears the cat café will go the way of its deceased owner, but Bea’s grandson, a slick Miami businessman, steps in at the last minute. Arthur is not a cat person so why would he bother? Romeo, the big Russian Blue, senses ulterior motives, but who will listen to a cat? A black cat rescue, a discovered photograph, an elaborate payback. Is this killer seeking justice or vengeance? With death as the objective, the results are the same.
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    ~When a superhero cosplayer falls to his death at a comic con, Lynley is left holding the bag— and a cat!~ Who killed Captain Cat? His tribe wants to know. When the Captain is murdered at Bridgetown Comic-con and philanthropist Esmae Westhouse is arrested for the crime, sixty-something cat shelter volunteer Lynley Cannon steps out of her comfort zone and dons her Star Trek uniform to expose the real killer. A decade-spanning love triangle, a band of vigilante cosplayers, a shady pharmaceutical company, and an ancient black cat named Kitty tie into a puzzling plot that has Lynley running in all directions. The death of Captain Cat is only the beginning, and Lynley must stay one step ahead of a ruthless hit man if she is to make it out alive.
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    ~Lynley finds a new meaning of Christmas when a Wiccan’s familiar is catnapped, and Lynley becomes her only hope.~ Lynley Cannon is dreading the Holidays. The sixty-something cat shelter volunteer would rather hang out with cats that brave her daughter's soulless Christmas gala, so when a witch’s beloved kitty is catnapped, Lynley grabs the excuse to skip out on her social obligations. Though Lynley knows little about the white witchcraft known as Wicca, she does know cats and can’t decline a plea for help when one goes missing. Then the witch disappears as well. Lynley, compelled by her cat-like curiosity, sets out to search for the pair, but the task is more difficult than she’d thought. A freak snow storm and a crazed captor take things in a dangerous direction. As Lynley endures the cold dark of confinement, the Christmas spirit brings a strength she never knew she possessed.
    HISTORICAL FICTION
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    Montana, 1884: Seventeen-year old schoolgirl Ryka Sundstrom dreams of doing what no girl ever has—build a railroad. Fleeing her home and an arranged marriage, pursued across four states by a vengeful father bound by tradition, Ryka unites with a childhood sweetheart in Kansas, only to suffer his later betrayal. Surrounded by people who tell her girls don't build railroads, Ryka refuses to give up. Near defeat In the face of overwhelming odds, she offers herself to a potential backer. Will her new partner in business be her partner in love as well, or will he too turn against her? The truth will be told when ambition and boldness lead Ryka to a showdown with the feared Empire Builder of the Great Northern Railway—James J. Hill.
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    In 1876, sixteen-year-old mail-order bride Ellen O'Hara sets off westward from Salina, Kansas to meet her husband-to-be, a cavalry officer stationed at Fort Walla Walla in Washington Territory. En route, her traveling party is attacked by Indians near Elko, Nevada. Badly wounded, Ellen wanders off into the wilderness and is eventually found near death by a band of Shoshone Indians. She becomes immersed in a culture she grows to admire and fights against her own race for the survival of her new friends and for her man, the Shoshone chief Bear Paw. When she is returned to white society, and on trial for murder, she must choose between the culture she was born to and the one in which she became a woman, between the man she was promised to and the man she has grown to love.
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    Southern California, 1929. the Golden Age of American Aviation. For fifteen-year-old Shannon Donnelly, orphaned and on the run from her parents’ killers, a chance encounter with Amelia Earhart, ignites her desire to fly. Along the way, she wins the hearts of two men—one she will marry; one she cannot forget—and falls into a love triangle culminating in a daring rescue mission into Nazi-occupied France. Take flight into a slice of 1930s Southern California life—air races, Hollywood, movie stars, dangerous flying machines, the Great Depression, and more in an adventure set in the same period as The Rocketeer and Chinatown.
    ​NON-FICTION
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    Standing as a silent sentry above the Columbia River, Maryhill's Stonehenge serves as a memorial for the 14 brave young men from Klickitat County, who served and died during World War I. More than just names and basic information, this book details their service and sacrifice. Included is a short biography of the visionary behind Stonehenge, Samuel Hill. Also included is a soldier from the community who was inadvertently overlooked during construction.
    ​SUSPENSE / THRILLER
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    Storm McKenzie, happily married and mother of two great kids, is a probation officer in a small city in Oregon. Everything is just about perfect, except for the scars. Set on fire by her drunken father, abandoned by her mother, Storm is a damaged soul searching for a cause. A chance meeting with a stranger is the catalyst she needs to become what she was meant to be, a brutal and unforgiving vigilante who will risk it all to avenge those betrayed by the ones they trusted most.
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    Probation Officer Storm McKenzie leads a double life. In one, she's a devoted wife and mother and a law-abiding officer of the court. In the other, she's driven to save innocent victims and punish abusers. Eventually she must choose between the two worlds or risk losing everything. Is she a vigilante driven to seek justice, or a psychopathic serial killer? You decide.
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    Storm McKenzie is nobody's victim. The path from loving wife and mother to brutal vigilante was almost predictable. After all, bringing justice was almost part of her DNA. But now the rules that kept her safe have all been broken. Her past crimes will surely catch up with her if she doesn’t find a new direction. So she does. Until her father is released from prison, her estranged mother gets in trouble and Storm realizes that the call of blood is even stronger than the call to justice.
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    Austin Ward, thinks she's learned to live with her fear of the dark. She's put the past behind her and there's even a new man in her life. But when people she cares about are brutally murdered Austin realizes she can no longer pretend. ​To find the truth behind the deaths she must face and overcome her fear. But who is the killer? Is it someone out to get her? Has a serial killer come to her small Pacific Northwest town? Or, has something sinister followed her from childhood, something she met once before . . . in the dark?
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    When Sheriff’s Deputy Keyla Shaffer was shot she lost her foot, her job, and her courage. When an angry man seeking revenge makes her his target she must find her lost courage and call on all her skills and experience in order to survive.
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    Emma Richland, hurting from a recent divorce, needs to prove her competence as a private investigator. Her sister, Ellen Richland, a retired military investigator, wants to find her place in the civilian world. When an arson investigation leads to murder, and Emma needs help, who better to turn to than family? Together, Emma and Ellen uncover the truth and confront a killer—while a hidden enemy watches every move they make.
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    Harrison Andrews' friend and boarder Thomas has gone missing while on a trip down the Oregon coast to San Diego. Harrison's attempts to get help from the police fail, so he decides to look for Thomas on his own. His search brings him to the small coastal town of Ellensburg where he encounters a backwoods family, a cop who's hiding something and a couple willing to risk everything to help him.
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    Harrison Andrew's fun-loving, carefree boarder, Justus Reynolds is about to get a reality check. One of his friends has gone missing from a gay nightclub in downtown Portland. The police hit a dead end when their investigation fails to uncover any leads. After learning that three other men have disappeared, Justus becomes more determined to find his friends even if he has to become the bait.
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    The Sisters of the Abbey of the Sacred Heart receive a generous but strange bequest. Named specifically, six nuns must spend two weeks at a rustic, off-the-grid lodge in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. Should any one of them at any time during the two weeks leave the property they will forfeit the 200-acre gift. Sounds easy enough. The question isn't, can they hold out; it is, will any of them survive.
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    A brutal rape. A vicious murder. Was it justice or revenge? Clara Garza is faced with this dilemma while also trying to stay one step ahead of her deranged ex-husband, Damian Garza. She knows both options offer resolution, but neither will bring Ally back. As she embarks on her voyage for justice, Clara meets Jackson Brady, a man seeking his own revenge—a man also trying to capture her heart. The two find themselves resolving one issue only to be faced with another sinister challenge. Join Clara and Jackson as they navigate a journey of justice, revenge . . . and survival.
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