MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY
After a mysterious cataclysm, 14-year-old Ruth Ann Seward and her 10-year-old brother Josh must take their horses from Long Island to Maine to find out if they are the last of mankind. In this alternate near-future, driverless cars have made the roads safer, kids have been going to school in co-op pods, and animals are all required to be registered and chipped. People have adopted new tech that pipes directly into the brain, making the acquisition of information and entertainment instantaneous.
Then the event happens, and everything electrical fails, including the new brain ports. It seems everyone is dead, except Ruth and Josh. With her knowledge of horses and bushcraft, Ruth is well-suited to survive this kind of disaster, as long as the grief and turmoil of coming of age in an apocalypse don’t overwhelm her.
More Today than Yesterday shows the resilience of young people in the face of terrifying circumstances. This “cozy catastrophe” has a lot of grief and anger, but it is also shot through with light, tenderness, and hope. The heart of this story isn’t the aftermath of the apocalypse, but the ferocious sibling love Ruth and Josh have for each other.
LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY
Following her parents’ separation, Iona and her father take their canoe to a remote lake in the Adirondacks, hoping to reconnect. When a mysterious illness incapacitates him, Iona finds herself trapped at the outskirts of an abandoned mining town. As his condition worsens, time begins to distort and encounters with a strange creature threaten to bring their trip to a tragic end.
Sigrid, a foundling girl coming of age in an early 20th century mining town, must navigate between society’s expectations and her desire for knowledge and independence. Tradition, prejudice and superstition collide to thwart her ambitions for escape. She longs for more, but the net of patriarchy and a dangerous secret are tightening around her.
Lay Me Down Softly explores loss, longing, and our obligation to those who care for us. These two young women must overcome boundaries to forge a life of meaning. Their stories, connected across more than a century, remind us that forgiveness matters most to the one who gives it.