Lauren Stoker

There’s More Than One Way to Launch

If you’re in the Plymouth, MA area on Sunday, June 28th, please come to the launch! Their beer is excellent and the crowd there is really fun.

It’s Alive and Howling!

Just an update, my latest novel, Biting Back, is alive and taking no prisoners. There was just a small software hiccup in the release date, so April Fools! But it’s out and biting back. Check it out (and prepare for serious laughter). Here’s the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVDBV25J

More monsters coming right up!

(And they’re not even politicians!)
Critical Blast, which has published two others of my stories, has a new anthology, More Monsters Next Door, released Dec. 5, 2025. Just in time for a perfect Grinch Christmas!
My story is called “Buryin’ Mama.” Available via Critical Blast, IngramSpark, and Amazon.
The publisher does really fun trailers for his books. Take a look and turn up the sound: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=763073140040982&t=0

Carl Hiaasen’s Finest Hour!

Carl’s latest novel, Fever Beach, is the all-time funniest, wish-fulfilling political satire in the history of the world, or at least the U.S.A. If you aren’t laughing out loud and jumping up and down, fist-pumping the air, while reading this book . . . well, we know who and what you are. (And may be coming for you.)
HUGE KUDOS to Carl for his wit and insight (not to mention cojones for taking on all that is rotten in Florida and currently in the nation.) Thank you, Carl!!! We needed this. I mean really, really.
[WARNING: wearing Depends may be necessary.]
https://carlhiaasen.com/books/fever-beach/

Summer Chiller

A story of mine, “Abandoned,” is going to go live on July 23rd on Twenty-two Twenty-eight, the online publisher that published my essay, “Staying on Tiptoes,” March 11, 2024.
This one was written about a chilling incident I witnessed last summer driving past Bert’s, our abandoned beachfront restaurant, right here in Plymouth, MA. Look for it at: https://www.twentytwotwentyeight.com/

Fredrik Backman—A Very Funny (and Sweet) Man

If you’ve read and love Fredrik Backman, one of my personal favorite authors, you will love him even more after you watch this! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuSyZ92Cjg

His latest book, My Friends, is, like all its predecessors, wonderful though full of heartbreak. Yet his kind and perceptive humor transcends and shines through to the end. You’ll love and recognize these kids; maybe you grew up with them. Or maybe you were one. https://www.amazon.com/My-Friends-Novel-Fredrik-Backman/dp/1982112824

Up Yours, GEMINOOGLE!

My editor friend sent me this today and it’s too hilarious not to share. Also brilliant.
Bee whale, LingEarths!

In the God market? Time to go shopping!

Critical Blast, the terrific publisher who published my snarky fairy tale, “Serving the Public,” in May, 2024, has published another of my stories, “The Universal Thread,” in its fabulous new anthology, Gods & Services: New Location. And the publication date? April first! (Perfect.)
Wait, there’s more! Here is the brilliant trailer he made for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB-KcNPB-E0
The cover alone had me laughing, but the trailer . . . Wow! Great fun.
Available directly from them via Ingram Sparks, or Barnes & Noble, and, of course, Amazon. Here’s their Ingram Sparks link: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=VNxl4GVhBJn6beRrh1rnihlB4QzUC5w6DaP65g2sZYy