Sometimes the Angels Weep

"There's something mesmerizing about Hiebert's storytelling voice, low-pitched and slightly musical." --The New York Times Book Review

Sometimes the Angels Weep is the first short story collection released by celebrated author Michael Hiebert.

There are stories here to please everyone. They range from soft and touching, to disturbing and dissonantly poetic. Michael's work has received critical acclaim throughout the years, and now is the perfect opportunity for you to sample some of his very best!

Included among the rest of the gems are the award winning stories My Lame Summer Journal by Brandon Harris Grade 7 and But Not Forgotten. Both stories won the Surrey International Writers' Conference Storyteller Award in consecutive years. My Lame Summer Journal went on to be listed in The Best American Mystery Stories by Joyce Carol Oates as one of the top fifty most distinguished mystery stories published that year.

Stories included:

1. My Lame Summer Journal by Brandon Harris, Grade 7
   
   The Reality of Time
   
   Dust
   
   Angels
   
   Love Hurts
   
   Fallen
   
   Nashville Beaumont
   
   The King is Dead
   
   Orchids
   
   But Not Forgotten

Editorial Reviews for My Lame Summer Journal by Brandon Harris, Grade 7

"By turns funny, touching and horrifying." --Diana Gabaldon, New York Times bestselling author

"Shades of Catcher in the Rye and Summer of '42, yet with more subtle drama than either one of them." --Jack Whyte, International bestselling author

Editorial Reviews for But Not Forgotten

"Moving,with a sweet twist of an ending." --Diana Gabaldon, New York Times bestselling author

"A wonderful story, beautifully executed. The isolation of old age is there, andso is the invisibility and facelessness of old age in the eyes of youth.Charlie, the protagonist, is a wonderful and convincing character." --Jack Whyte, International bestselling author

Praise for the novels of Michael Hiebert

Dream with Little Angels

"Hiebert's first novel courts comparison to the classic To Kill a Mockingbird, but the book manages to soar as a moving achievement in its own right. In Hiebert's hands, psychological insight and restrained lyricism combine to create a coming-of-age tale as devastating as it is indelible. --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Readers who enjoy literary fiction depicting small-town life in the tradition of Harper Lee'sTo Kill a Mockingbird may want to try Hiebert's debut." --Library Journal

"Michael Hiebert's debut delivers . . . a breathless, will-they-get-there-in-time affair, with a heartbreaking resolution." --Mystery Scene

Close to the Broken Hearted

"Hiebert does a masterful job of building suspense." --Publishers Weekly

"A very good, sometimes emotional, mystery that will stay with you long after it's over." --Suspense Magazine

A Thorn Among the Lilies

"Engaging. . .Readers will keep guessing whodunit to the end." --Publishers Weekly


Genre: Fantasy