Natalee Caple

To fufill her adoptive father's dying wish, Miette sets out to meet her mother, the notorious Calamity Jane, and crosses the badlands of the North American West in her quest to find the woman who had forsaken her for a life of danger and adventure.

A Novel

In Calamity's Wake

The Plight of Happy People in an Ordinary World

A father returns to meet his daughter after twenty years and becomes re-involved with her mother and her household, including the woman's younger lover and their counterfeiting operation.

Mackerel Sky

Chris Eaton

Jim Hanas

Recently launched with ECW Press, Joyland eBooks presents new collections from the best voices in short fiction. For the special price of TK you can start reading all three of our titles right now on any device.The Joyland Trio Deal includes: How I Came to Haunt My Parents by Natalee Caple''Moving...unsettling.'' - "The New York Times" on "The Heart Has Its Own Reason"Natalee Caple is the author of several books including the forthcoming novel, "In Calamity's Wake," from HarperCollins. In this beautifully written suite of short fiction, Caple explores fables from the dark side of adulthood and her animals and humans are imbued with modern complexity.Why They Cried by Jim Hanas''Hanas writes with a swift clip, deploys images so judiciously and vividly, and demonstrates real insight into the way we live now.'' - "The Rumpus"Whether it's a report from the real Cannes or a young couple discovering that reading Jacques Derrida aloud can lull their child to sleep, Jim Hanas finds the strange in the everyday and the everyday in the strange.Letters to Thomas Pynchon by Chris Eaton''Beautifully written...'' - Jonathan LethemRock Plaza Central frontman Chris Eaton's fictions read like intellectual fisticuffs: bruising but with more than a touch of moustache wax.

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