Short Story Collections
Tara Lynne is the author of an unpublished (and currently untitled) short story collection. Fourteen stories comprise the collection. Tara Lynne used family secrets discovered from her genealogy research to inspire the stories. Connected by the same family, the stories take place in the early 20th Century to the 1970s in New York City and the Hudson River Valley. Questionable paternity, a stolen car, family hidden in a mental asylum, and a fake kidnapping surface in the stories.
Told over the span of four decades, the characters not only navigate the unpredictable situations in their family, but also the volatile times and pressures of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Vietnam War. Stories in this collection are primarily literary fiction delivered with dark humor, and cross over multiple genres: historical fiction, romance, drama, and tragedy.
Are you a literary agent interested in reading sample stories? Please use the form below.
Are you interested in joining Tara Lynne's list of beta readers? Beta readers read the unpublished manuscript and provide feedback. Readers are financially compensated. Contact Tara Lynne to learn more. Readers will receive manuscripts July-August 2018.
Additional Short Story Collection
13 for Dinner is another collection of interconnected stories that take place over one year on Long Island, New York. These stories follow a superstitious family. The Grant family believes if thirteen people sit at a dinner table, one will die within the coming year. A death at the dinner table leads everyone to believe they are safe, but they each suffer a loss.
Notable Awards and Publications in Fiction
Told over the span of four decades, the characters not only navigate the unpredictable situations in their family, but also the volatile times and pressures of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Vietnam War. Stories in this collection are primarily literary fiction delivered with dark humor, and cross over multiple genres: historical fiction, romance, drama, and tragedy.
Are you a literary agent interested in reading sample stories? Please use the form below.
Are you interested in joining Tara Lynne's list of beta readers? Beta readers read the unpublished manuscript and provide feedback. Readers are financially compensated. Contact Tara Lynne to learn more. Readers will receive manuscripts July-August 2018.
Additional Short Story Collection
13 for Dinner is another collection of interconnected stories that take place over one year on Long Island, New York. These stories follow a superstitious family. The Grant family believes if thirteen people sit at a dinner table, one will die within the coming year. A death at the dinner table leads everyone to believe they are safe, but they each suffer a loss.
Notable Awards and Publications in Fiction
- 2018 - Finalist in WOW! Women on Writing Winter Flash Fiction Contest (final judging pending June 2018)
- 2018 - Selected as a contributing writer for Craig Johnson's fiction workshop at the Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference in Brevard, North Carolina
- 2016 - Second Place ($250) WOW! Women on Writing Summer Flash Fiction Contest
- 2015 - Honorable Mention in Fiction Carolina Woman Writing Contest
- 2013 - "Tuna Heart" published in Mused Literary Review
- 2009 - Selected as a contributing writer and received a scholarship to attend Melissa Bank's short fiction workshop at the Southampton Writers Conference
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