beautiful americas: volume one

From Sky-High to Sci-Fi, you’ll find an eclectic group of 30 stories in Beautiful Americas, the theme for NCPA’s 7th Anthology. Join thirty authors, each with a delightful tale, as they take us: on a bike ride to Yellowstone, and close calls with bison * cross country skiing in Yosemite with someone ending up in a tree * hiking into the Grand Canyon on a honeymoon * on a grueling hike with 2 young daughters into Pele’s Temple on the Big Island * hiking the Continental Divide to summit Fitzpatrick Peak in CO.

Also playing with turtles in the Galapagos * a ride on a ＂Fun Ship＂ in the Bermuda Triangle * finding a cousin in Brazil, and a crack in the earth in NV.

A move from CA to VA * a trip from CA to AZ * walking their land in CA * watching the nightlights in Detroit City * moving back and forth from east to west * more touring the US in a trailer * visiting family in NC * traveling Route 66 with Steinbeck and Kerouac* and finding the Golden Dream in Murphys, CA.

There are Pecan rolls in WI * butterflies at 6 Flags in CA * cats, rats and roaches in LA * a glasshouse in PA * visiting the Sacramento River and Sea Ranch in CA * with lost tickets to a train and the ride gone astray from Stockton to San Bernardino *

There are emotional, sad, happy, and fun stories, plus a teenage love story that lasts a lifetime. Some are circa Twilight Zone * Add three wild brothers and our two continuing storylines when Nacht the cat and a new feral, Taz, talk with their human, then go shape shifting with the fox and owl, Dex and Felicity, with their twins at Mount Rushmore!

What’s next for our NCPA authors? Find out in our next anthology, Beautiful World, coming in May 2023!