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Nothing Stays What it Was: Stories of Transformation
Beyond Words Press, 2026 Inspired by the theme of metamorphosis, Nothing Stays What It Was brings together short stories exploring the many ways we can change, evolve, disappear, and become something new. "Jangly Pants" by Amanda Mander is about a mother and her son finding footing as he casts away his childhood identity. |
Amanda (far right) getting ready to read an excerpt from her story at Eagle Harbor Books.
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Secret Histories: Stories of Courage, Risk, and Revelation
Salish Sea Press, 2013 Self-discovery is never a solitary journey. To find our way, we depend upon the hard-earned wisdom of others who are brave enough to expose their deepest truths. Secret Histories offers rich insights into what it means to accept our limits and to transcend our greatest challenges. "Diplomat's Daughter" by Amanda Mander uncovers the complexity of a daughter-father relationship after discovering a CIA connection. Listen to "Diplomat's Daughter" on SoundCloud Praise for Secret Histories: "How moving to see a group of writers pressing so relentlessly toward truth. The voices gathered here are by turns funny, searing, contemplative, and wildly imaginative, but they're all united by one thing: the urge to peel back the layers of everyday existence and find the sweet, the difficult, the beautiful reality at the heart of things." —Claire Dederer, author, Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses "These gifted and generous authors bring to the page courage, risk, and, revelation, but also something much larger. By breaking the silence, they allow us to believe that we are not alone in our wonderments, failures, and confusions. They give us permission to share our own stories, to leave a map of true experience so that others might find their way." —Kim Barnes, author, In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country |