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Kira Marie McCullough

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ra Marie McCullough is an award-winning author of short stories, debuting her first book, King of the Lake and Other Stories, with WordCrafts Press in 2022. Her classic fiction runs the gamut of genres, with nine entertaining tales, from the woeful love story of a family’s healing after being broken by divorce in “King of the Lake” to a couple’s ironic TV obsession that sweeps them into a storm of biblical proportions, in “Too Much TV, You’ll Go Blind.”

Her short stories have earned awards and applause. In 2023 and 2024 she was the premiere guest interviewed on “The Sound of Texas” radio program with Tumbleweed Smith, which aired on radio stations across the south. “Buffet to Die For,” became a finalist in the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival Contest in 2020. “Her Best Kiss” was performed before a live audience in New York City as part of Liar’s League NYC’s “Short & Sweet Flash Fiction” event in 2019. In 2014 she received the “Creative Writing Award for Fiction” from Texas A&M University-Central Texas.

She is currently working on a book of historical fiction set in a farming community in Kansas, which takes the reader through the hardships, love stories, and faith of its people.

To read snippets of her books-in-progress, join her free “Coffee Time Newsletter” at: Kira@AuthorKiraMarieMcCullough.com

Follow her blog of wit and wisdom online: https://authorkiramariemccullough.substack.com/

Join her writing journey and enjoy weekly “Coffee Chats” on FB: https://www.facebook.com/kiramarie.mccullough/

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King of the Lake

Short Story Anthology

The King of the Lake and Other Stories will tug you to read them over and over, not just because of Kira Marie McCullough’s wonderfully descriptive and talented writing style, but because these timeless stories are about the stuff of life and relationships; heartfelt tales where  fathers and daughters can become kings and princesses.  Jim Sano, Award-Winning Author of the Father Tom Series

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Through elegant use language, beautiful description, fully fleshed characters, and story lines that encompass heartache, loss, restoration, forgiveness, and at times quirky humor, Kira Marie McCullough’s anthology, King of the Lake and Other Stories weaves a rich tapestry of story, harkening back to the literary classics of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, the speculative fiction of Rod Serling, and the poignant Southern storytelling of Charles Martin.

– Paula k. Parker

Award-winning author of the Sisters of Lazarus trilogy