
Beach Life is the 5th book in the award-winning Rehoboth Beach Reads series of short story collections set in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. This anthology contains 25 stories in a variety of genres (historical fiction, romance, magical realism, memoir, mystery, humor) that make perfect beach reads but can be enjoyed any time of the year. Here's just some of what's in store in Beach Life: You'll find a girl with dreams of making the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, a consignment store jacket with a history, a well-traveled hermit crab, a mermaid wedding, and a boardwalk mime. You'll meet a young con artist, a dolphin rescuer, a herd of Hemingway impersonators, a girl who's gone viral, and a woman who realizes she's a dead ringer for her husband's former flame. Contents: Hole in One, Amanda Linehan The Mime's Niece, Emily Zasada The Fog, Linda Chambers Too Many Hemingways, Joseph L. Crossen Not in My World, Kathleen Martens The Bomber Jacket, Jackson Coppley Ralphie to the Rescue, Carl Schiessl The Swimsuit Issue, Chris Jacobsen A Beautifully Disturbing Day at the Beach, John Edmonds Rearrangements, Marie Lathers Some Girls, Michael Sprouse The Nereid's Wedding, Elizabeth Michaelson Monaghan Life Starts on Tiptoes, Lonn Braender Secrets, Amber Tamosaitis The Boy on the Bike, Susan Miller The Stranger and the Horseshoe, Alex Hannah The Bench, Jenny Scott We Found Buried Pirate Treasure!, Douglas Harrell The Sweet Truth, Jeanie P. Blair A Day in the Life, David Strauss And the Sea Hath Spoken, Darryl Forrest Lefty and the Empty Bucket of Fries, Tony Houck Bottleneck at Hole 14, Renay Regardie The Shot Shared Round the World, Joy Givens The Understudy, Terri Kiral
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Nancy Sakaduski has published 100+ articles and 24 books. She co-wrote Scientific English with Robert A. Day. Most recently, she authored How to Write Winning Short Stories, which is based on her experiences running the Rehoboth Beach Reads Short Story Contest and working with dozens of writers to perfect their short stories. Nancy has a B.A. in Communications from the University of Maryland and an Executive M.B.A. from Loyola College. She currently resides in Chadds Ford, PA, and Lewes, DE. In 2012 she founded Cat & Mouse Press (http://catandmousepress.com), a small regional publishing company, to create books that are engaging, entertaining, or just plain fun. The company publishes short story anthologies, beach reads, children's books, and regional journals. Cat & Mouse Press also publishes collections of short stories selected by a panel of judges from entries to an annual competition. AWARDS: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Award for Nonfiction, 1995, for article "Mapping the Mind"; Best Social Studies Book of the Year designation from Society of School Librarians International, 2003 CALIFORNIA COLLECTION. Passport to History: Ancient Greece named best social studies book for the year 2000 by the Society of School Librarians International. The Beach House was awarded a first place for editing in 2014 by Delaware Press Association and a national first place by the National Federation of Press Women. A Rehoboth ABC received a first place for children's fiction in 2014 from Delaware Press Association.