Janna Hill

Kathy struggles through a holiday wrought with tragedy and only her old companion, Strudel, to see her through.Intro:Dear DecemberI found you - a thin shawl upon nature's shoulders resting in the final page of my Gregorian calendar.Celebrations in red, Christmas and Kwanza and the tail end of Hanukah. Reminding me in stark black letters of bombings and declarations of war. Hitler and Mussolini and Japan…

Thoughts on Getting Me Back Looking back: It is like sitting in the third row seat of an old station wagon, staring ahead at the road behind you... It is not enough to sit in the front seat and see where you were going, you didn't know anyway. To understand how you got here you have to look at where you have been. In that third row seat facing backwards you might be tempted to stare at the floorboard or the marks on your shoes or the stripes on the...

Disturbed Affections consists of three short stories and two deranged love affairs. The Perpetual Series I and II and Door Number Four.*Perpetual Darkness is told from the man's perspective; this is his side of the story. Max Hubbard is a drifter and like most transients he prefers living a life of anonymity. That is until he lays eyes on Abigail. "He merely followed his instinct, not giving any thought as to why he watched her."*Perpetual Spring...

Cloud Wrangler takes the Clan Destiny series to a new level, literally!Book IV expounds the mystery and the history of the enigmatic Duffy MacDougal, the woman he loved and the daughter no one knew he had.Have you ever wondered what is on the other side of a dream, if angels are real or what a rainbow looks like up close? Cecilia knows.Meet more members of the clan in Cloud Wrangler Book IV in the Clan Destiny series.

Three women, three very different backgrounds and the roads that all lead to one place, somewhere Between the Rage and Grace.Inside a small hospital, in a rural Texas town there is a peculiar camaraderie evolving. Clara O'Bromley (fresh out of college) is assigned to ICU, which is no small feat. She has her supervisor, Linda Latrull to thank for that, and for placing her under the direction of a foul-mouthed debutante named Maggie Turner. Maggie...

Torn from the pages of Short Stories & Such:Roses From Ishmael is an award winning flash fiction by Janna Hill.Roses From Ishmael is a short thriller by Janna Hill.The story of a man in love, a grief stricken man;an anguished and tormented soul but tormented by what?

Between the stock market crash, a rich man's greed and the Navarro County drought an indentured slave is left with few if any choices. Jamison Baines Weir is born the son of a sharecropper where hard times and sorrow are a way of life. It is a way of life Jamie never questions until famine and malice force him to leave the dying farm and follow a path that leads to murder and mystery.All eyes were on Wall Street, but truth be told, the market crash...

Mr. Blymer is the proud owner of a luscious peach orchard but he's also a greedy cantankerous sort.The peach Orchard Ogre is a humorous colloquial short story for all ages told by an East Texas author.

Perpetual Darkness & SpringPerpetual Darkness is told from the man's perspective; this is his side of the story. Max Hubbard is a drifter and like most transients he prefers living a life of anonymity. That is until he lays eyes on Abigail. He merely followed his instinct, not giving any thought as to why he watched her."Perpetual Spring is told from the woman's point of view; this is her side of the story. After being forced into early retirement...

More Short Stories & Such is the newest compilation of short stories and flash fiction written by the Hill's. This anthology contains all of the short favorites including the newest (2017) release August Wolf, the acclaimed Door Number Four, Once Upon a Dead Gull and many 'more'. The stories range from heart rending to heart racing; from fantasy to bizarre.