Willa Reece is the author of WILDWOOD WHISPERS and the upcoming sequel, WILDWOOD MAGIC. She lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

Willa’s Tip:

More than anything else, my Wildwood books are about the power inherent in refilling the well. So many of us live a lifestyle of constant depletion—Produce! Diet! Hustle! Creatives need to consciously cultivate downtime that nurtures, fills, and inspires. Music, art, all manner of storytelling and nature are examples of things that fill me, and then, when the time is right, seem to flow through me onto the page.

Rest. Refill. Replenish. We need to allow ourselves to wonder at the world around us and to listen, even to wait, for the stories that wake when we aren't too busy to hear them.

THE WORLD WE MAKE by N. K. Jemisin

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Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.

All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside.

DEATH ON A DEADLINE by Joyce St. Anthony

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As World War II rages in Europe and the Pacific, the small town of Progress is doing its part for the soldiers in the field with a war bond drive at the annual county fair. Town gossip Ava Dempsey rumors that Clark Gable will be among the participating stars. Instead of Gable, the headliner is Freddie Harrison, a B-movie star. When Freddie turns up dead in the dunk tank, Irene Ingram, editor-in-chief of The Progress Herald, starts chasing the real headline.

There are plenty of suspects and little evidence. Ava’s sister Angel, who was married to the dead actor, is the most obvious. The couple had argued about his affair with the young starlet Belinda Fox, and Angel was the last person to see Freddie alive.

KOPI DULU by Mark Eveleigh

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GRINCH GIRL by Michelle Dayton

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