MISSION STATEMENT
Rubythroat Press, L.L.C. is a new independent press dedicated to the publication of historical literary fiction with a special emphasis on an alternative view that shifts away from the traditional perspective of white male governance and wars. Instead, the series makes vivid the story of America through ethnically diverse women and children sharing activism against violence and on behalf of the indigent, the mentally afflicted, the politically dissident, and the otherwise historically disenfranchised.
Book III – An American Children's Crusade
by Patricia Weenolsen
Book II – Daughter of the Morning Star
by Patricia Weenolsen
AWARDS FOR DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR
The National Indie Excellence Awards Contest recognizing outstanding independently published books has honored Daughter of the Morning Star as an Award-Winning Finalist in the Historical Novel Category.
Rubythroat Press is proud to announce that Daughter of the Morning Star is an award-winning finalist in the Fiction & Literature: Historical Fiction Category of the 7th Annual National Best Books 2010 Awards sponsored by USA Book News.
For more information about Daughter of the Morning Star,
we invite you to visit:
The Daughter of the Morning Star website.
Book I – The Cave of Storms
by Patricia Weenolsen
AWARDS FOR THE CAVE OF STORMS
Rubythroat Press is proud to announce that it's debut publication, The Cave of Storms, has won a total of four awards.
Two are from Indie Excellence 2010 in the categories of literary fiction and historical fiction.
One is as a Historical Novel in Foreword Magazine's 2009 Best Book of the Year,
And the fourth is as a Historical Novel in the USA Book News Annual National Best Books, 2009.
For more information about The Cave of Storms,
we invite you to visit
The Cave of Storms website.
Forthcoming Volumes:
• Gone-Away Mary (Book IV of the Remembrance series)
(Winter 2014)
Mindstalker, A Novel of Psychological Suspense
by Patricia Weenolsen
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reminds us that 58,000 boys and girls are abducted by strangers every year. Those who survive may be returned home or held prisoner indefinitely. Many suffer physical, emotional or mental abuse, becoming so traumatized that they develop serious mental illness such as Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality). Mindstalker is a unique fictional case history, written by a psychologist. It begins with the abduction and traces how the disorder might develop.
Five-year-old Robbie is kidnapped from the care of his ten-year-old sister, Becca, in 1985. He now lives with kindhearted Kenny and his brutal lover, Carl, who coerces the boy’s participation in pornographic films. To defend himself against Carl’s assaults, Robbie splits into various identities. They deal with the outside world, take the pain, and create a meaningful life through art, gradually replacing his lost family. Over the years, however, more ominous personalities emerge, stalking, torturing, and killing in appropriately artful ways. Eventually they attack the family and plan vengeance on Becca.
Guilt-filled Becca has grown up to become a Seattle psychologist, counseling children who have lost siblings. When she discovers frightening signs of intrusion in her home and hospital office, her colleague-lover asks: could she be doing this to herself?
Reviews for Mindstalker:
"When I see Amber Alerts or "Missing!" flyers, I always stop to look closely at them. Who knows, maybe I can be the one to spot and save them like Elizabeth Smart was saved. But for those who are never recovered, what ever happened to them? No matter what horrible situation you can conjure up, it will not compare to what happens to this little boy, kidnapped from a playground right in front of his big sister. Both repelling and mesmerizing, this is the kind of book you have to start when you have several hours to read, because you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough. Definitely not for the faint of heart!"
–Purse Lover "Antique Purse Society Member"
February 16, 2011
review on: Amazon.com
Currently Available:
• The Cave of Storms
• Daughter of the Morning Star
• Mindstalker
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And at Fine Independent Bookstores Everywhere
Distributors:
Our Favorite Links:
The Art of Dying
The Author's Guild
The New York Review of Books
The Antique Purse Collector's Society
Rubythroat Press, L.L.C. regrets that we cannot accept unsolicited manuscripts or queries at this time.
Contact Us:
Rubythroat Press, L.L.C.
4026 Stone Way N., #501
Seattle, WA 98103
Email us at: RubythroatPress@comcast.net
The Author:
Patricia Weenolsen, a psychologist, is the author of TRANSCENDENCE OF LOSS OVER THE LIFE SPAN and THE ART OF DYING, favorably reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Tacoma News Tribune, Newark Star-Ledger, and others. She has also published short fiction in TriQuarterly, Southern Humanities Review, Confrontation, Buffalo Spree and many other magazines under the name Patricia Otway-Ward. She has appeared on The Today Show, the Joan Rivers Show, and National Public Radio. Her most recent publications are the first two volumes of an award-winning novel series, The Cave of Storms and Daughter of the Morning Star, emphasizing the role of women in American history, as well as the psychological thriller, Mindstalker.