“Dena Harris has written a cat book even a dog would love.”
—Tim Bete, director of the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop and author of In the Beginning… There Were No Diapers

“Never has watching someone else own a cat been this much fun.”
—Lisa Allmendinger, Editor, I Love Cats!

“Dena Harris magically captures the humor of sharing our lives with cats in a master storyteller’s style. You catch yourself laughing out loud as you read her words filled with whimsy and wit. She is simply meow-val-lous!
—Arden Moore, Catnip Editor and author of The Kitten Owner’s Manual >>Read More

Southern Fried Women, by Pamela King Cable

A history of bigotry in a local diner is uncovered in “Pigment of my Imagination,” as the owner defends two young women and their right to be served; “Vernell Paskins, Mobile Home Queen” is a woman who lives in the land of the double wides and works at the interstate flea market; “Cry” finds a pregnant woman lost, alone, broken down by the highway, and in labor; an unexplained stranger arrives in town after a women’s prayer group hears angels sing during a violent coal mine strike in “Coal Dust On My Feet;” in “Punkin Head,” one woman decides to keep her unborn baby despite opposition by a popular televangelist—her husband’s employer; in “The Homestead,” a dead woman shows her family that death is not the end of existence; a divorced woman discovers why her young son despises their one-Sunday-a-month guest in “Old Time Religion;” two Pentecostal young ladies become “Beach Babies” shedding their cotton dusters for bathing suits, makeup, and getting their fortunes told at Carolina Beach; and grief shows up 30 years after a woman loses her best friend in “No Time For Laura.”

These are the stories in this collection that examine – sometimes seriously and at other times with humor – themes of forgiveness, death, love, discovery, racial conflict, faith, tragedy, innocence, destiny, guilt, and overcoming insurmountable obstacles. Set in various locations and time periods in the South, these stories present realistic characters in common situations facing questions of meaning, purpose, and the existence of God in their lives. Southern Fried Women is a compelling anthology from a powerful new voice in fiction.

Praise for Southern Fried Women

“If you don’t find yourself devouring this delicious book of stories, by Pamela King Cable,
then you are not a Southern Fried Woman (or Man.) After laughing and crying your way through this collection, you will eagerly await new offerings from this talented writer!”
—Cassandra King, author of Making Waves, The Sunday Wife, and Same Sweet Girls >>Read More