Pam Garlick

• Feb-2016
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They say you never forget your first kiss. It was true for Marianne, who received her first kiss from Billy while they were together in preschool. In fact, they were engaged in the third grade. By high school everything seemed to change. Oh Marianne ...

• Feb-2016
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Karlie tried to be a good wife in spite of the way she was treated by her husband, Max. It wasn't always easy. He treated her terribly and her self esteem suffered because of it. When Max died, the only bad thing about it was that Karlie now had to c...

• Feb-2016
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Samantha lived with her sister and her husband, until he decided she needed to provide far more than rent money. Frustrated and uncertain about her future she knows one thing, she needs to move out and quickly. She is sorely tempted to accept when a ...

• Feb-2016
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Molly knew what she wanted even before she graduated high school. She wanted Steve, and he wanted her. After they were married, they both had reams. She wanted to one day own her own restaurant, and he wanted his own garage. They both were willing to...

• Dec-2015
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Sarah was excited and exhausted both at the same time. She was racing against time, a Christmas tradition. A tradition within a traditions. Each year she purchased thousands of dollars worth of gifts for children living in shelters throughout her com...

• Aug-2015
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Lucianna had never thought she'd see her old boyfriend, Nick, again; much less, have him move into her neighborhood. Yet, here she was with the one-time man of her dreams living right next door to her. Worse, he had a beautiful wife. Lucianna tried n...

• Aug-2015
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It had been a year since her husband, Jim, had died. She missed him, but never more than when she realized just how much their son had missed not having his father. In fact, Jim had promised to take Jimmy fishing the year he had gotten sick. Now as f...

• Aug-2015
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Sarah moved her family to her father's home after nearly twenty years living away. Her mother had recently passed away and her difficult father had already fired several caregivers. It was going to be up to her. She felt guilty for her children thoug...

• Aug-2015
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Jennifer must escape for the sake of herself and her infant son. She has a key and a map with directions to a safe place. Driving on a cold snowy night she skids off the road, only hoping she is near her destination. Should she walk? Should she stay?...

• Jul-2015
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For a year after her marriage ended, Lorileigh went from job to job, unable to find enthusiasm for anything. Then one day her grandmother told her just what she needed to hear - it was time to stop pitying herself and start doing something. That was ...

• Jun-2015
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Kelly had gone through some difficult times, but she'd had her brother, Kent there to help her. Then the time came where he went away, a soldier fighting for his country. Kelly had missed Kent through the years as she moved on with her life, comparin...

• Oct-2014
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At first Alicia is unconcerned when her daughter, Paige, proclaims her baby Jesse is the Newborn King. After all, Jesse was born right before Christmas. His name sounded a little like Jesus. And she did allow her infant son to be used in the church N...

• Jun-2014
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When DiAnna Wayne left her job as Director of of Hope General's busy emergency room, she wasn't sure she'd ever return. That day had been too much of a reminder of another time, she wished she could forget. It was a day she lost everything, including...

• Apr-2014
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Shellie really didn't want to attend the conference in the city, but something inside pushed her to accept the invitation. That day turned into an experience she never expected when she caught sight of a "bag lady," and realized she knew the woman. B...

• Apr-2014
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It only takes a split second to forever change lives. Sometimes that change can be tragic, as is the case in this story. The story is not meant to take a stand on a controversial issue. Rather it is to be used to remind people that it is what is done...

• Mar-2014
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Alex had been waiting for this day for a long time. If her interview went well, she would soon be a junior partner in the law firm where she worked. Only the interview was cut short when Alex received news that her sister, Jesse, had been in a car cr...

• Mar-2014
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Awakened by the phone call every mother dreads, Michelle MacIntyre is in shock. Her son, Clark, has been in a car crash. She's relieved to know he's alive. Unfortunately, she is totally unprepared for what's ahead as she realizes Clark's drinking pro...

• Feb-2014
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Janice Brown was a single mother struggling to raise her two sons. The last thing she needed was another mouth to feed. However, that was exactly what she got when she was driving home one night on an icy road and nearly hit a tiny puppy. Multiply th...

• Nov-2013
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After her daughter, Joy, is taken away, Stacie hits rock bottom. She even contemplates suicide, but her plan is foiled when she is mugged in front of a church. That was the moment her life started to change. First Stacie had to admit every one of the...

• Nov-2013
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Barbara's life was drastically changed after he police officer husband was killed in the line of duty. Yet once the formality of a police officer's funeral was over, she returned to life has she'd known it. She'd go to work each day at the law office...

• Oct-2013
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When local newspaper woman, Lori Payton, is assigned to do a story about an upcoming Masquerade Ball, she assumes it is just another fluff piece. She didn't expect to like the widowed model, whose wealthy husband had died years before. Nor did she an...

• Oct-2013
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Noel knows she must protect her children at all cost. The problem is how to do that when no one believes they are in danger. All she has is a gut feeling, just like the feeling that her husband death was not a suicide as most people believe. There mu...

• Sep-2013
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• Sep-2013
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Marie didn't care where she was going, she just drove and drove, trying to escape all her problems. She didn't anticipate running out of gas on one of the hottest days of the year. And there wasn't a gas station in sight. She didn't plan on falling i...

• Sep-2013
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Jennifer McRay was self-admitted control freak. So when she was diagnosed with cancer she did what she always does, she maintained control of the situation as best she could. Since she could not control the disease she decided she would control the o...

• Sep-2013
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Tammi left home after a string of misunderstandings chased her out the door. She carried those misunderstandings with her for 13 years. When she received the call to return home because of her mother's illness she knew she was going to face every one...

• Sep-2013
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Carrie would do anything for her grandmother. However, when her beloved grandmother went into the hospital and Carrie agreed to care for her two dogs, she got far more than she bargained for. In one short day the two rambuntious dogs turned Carrie's ...

• Aug-2013
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Tara returned to her Grandmother's home, a place filled with pleasant memories. Sadly, it was unlikely this trip was going to create more joyous memories. She was there to handle her beloved grandmother's estate. While going through her grandmother's...

• Jul-2013
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As a teen, Catrina made a mistake that would haunt her the rest of her life. Her fear of being charged with manslaughter after a hit in run accident, caused her to keep her actions a secret. However, Catrina never forgot what she did, living her life...

• Sep-2012
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• Sep-2012
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There was one thing Misty was certain about, she wanted to one day run her family's ranch. In spite of the fact she was an only child, she feared her father would never trust her to run a ranch. So she set out to prove she could. Misty really had no ...

• Sep-2012
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Miranda has gone through many things in the last few years, not the least of which an accident that left her near death. The worst part of the trauma was losing the baby she was carrying. After a long battle to regain her life, including fighting an ...

• Sep-2012
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Beth had a huge responsibility on her shoulders - raising her brother's children after he and his wife were killed. She was fortunate she wasn't alone. She had two loveable, match-making seniors to help, both with her growing business and family. She...

• Sep-2012
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After the death of her husband, Tara must face parenthood alone. She names her daughter Hope, because she wanted her daughter to serve as a reminder that she must never give up hope. Tara tries twice as hard to do what is best for Hope, but it takes ...

• Sep-2012
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Karla had fading memories of a time before she'd been taken by her mother to an orphanage run by kindly nuns. Her memories were more vivid of the day she'd set out to search for her mother who wouldn't have just left her so alone. What she found on t...

• Sep-2012
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Janice dreamed of a simple life. One where she could start a business of her own , work hard and watch it grow. People envied her, thinking she could have anything in her life, when in reality she couldn't even have her simple dream. She was born to ...

• Sep-2012
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Casey was a cop, and a good one. That didn't prevent her from looking like a suspect in the murder of her brother's girlfriend. Not that anyone actually thought she committed the murder. No, they were certain her brother did that alone in the heat of...

• Sep-2012
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Andrea had been in a safe place in her life. Everything was okay -- not great -- but, okay. Least that was what she thought until reality turned her life upside down. When she learns her husband is cheating and her teen daughter is about to become a ...

• Aug-2012
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Pam Garlick's second quick read, short novella takes you to Big Sky Country, as the title implies. Ranchers live by a different set of rules, especially those whose families have owned their land for generations, and plan on it staying in their famil...

• Jul-2012
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Cutter's Love is the first of what Pam Garlick hopes will be many "Short-Shorts," as she refers to them. Quick reads that can be enjoyed in one sitting. Karlie, a midwife like her mother, loved her mountain home in Tennessee. What her neighbors lacke...

• Feb-2012
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This is a compilation of fiction short stories Pam Garlick has written that involve children. In writing this she has combined her love of writing with her love of children. She has gotten much to write about watching her own children and grandchildr...

• May-2011
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Patti Morrison was determined to hate Josh McIntyre. -- Not matter how nice he was to her. After all, he was a dreaded 'Flatlander', someone not born and raised in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Worse, he was a Flatlander from the city and a business...

• May-2011
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Annie Baxter worked hard to become a paramedic with Schuylkill Valley's Ambulance Unit, in spite of the constant criticism from her nemesis, Brody Langford. She was living the life she'd dreamed, helping people going through an emergency. It was a dr...

• Feb-2010
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Lacy Boyce was never one to fear challenges. As a firefighter and a paramedic she'd spent her life facing challenges, and conquering them. Then one night, that all changed. The night her husband, Michael, a fellow firefighter, died in a fire. The sam...

• Feb-2010
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Narissa had never been comfortable with her parents' adventures on the back of her father's motorcycle. As far as she was concerned, his ending up in the hospital while on one "run," as they called it, only confirmed she was right. As she drove to th...

• Feb-2010
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After the ten year old daughter of her best friend, Gracie, witnesses the brutal beating of her mother, she turns to Ashley for help. Ashley knows going to the police is not an option. The girl's step-father is the culprit and with his connections th...

• Feb-2010
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When author, Alycia Elliot learns her surrogate grandmother needs her help, even the impending deadline for her latest book doesn't stop her from making the trip to Lewisburg, PA. However, she's needed far more than she anticipated. Gram Carlisle has...

• Mar-2009
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After the ten year old daughter of her best friend, Gracie, witnesses the brutal beating of her mother, she turns to Ashley for help. Ashley knows going to the police is not an option. The girl's step-father is the culprit and with his connections th...