“I travel the way of truth, even if I’m the only one. I travel the path of light, even if I’m the only one. I travel the path of hope, even if I’m the only one. One giving truth and hope and light to those who think there is no truth and hope and light left to hang onto.”
-James L. Rubart
Southern Fiction Author
Jennifer Hallmark
Jennifer Hallmark writes Southern fiction with a twist. Her website and newsletter focus on her books, love of the South, and favorite fiction. She creates stories with unforgettable characters—her stories are a little eerie and otherworldly but with a positive turn.
Jessie’s Hope, her first novel, was a Selah Award nominee for First Novel. Her latest novel, Smoking Flax, will be released on January 16th, 2024.
When she isn’t babysitting, gardening, or exploring the beautiful state of Alabama, you can find her at her desk penning fiction or studying the craft of writing. She also loves reading and streaming fantasy, supernatural stories, and detective fiction from the Golden Age or her favorite subject—time travel.
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Books From Off the Beaten Track
Friday Fiction: Midshipman’s Hope by David Feintuch
Welcome, Friday Fiction Fans! Can you believe that October is already here? And September left in its wake death and destruction from hurricane Helene. We here at Friday Fiction are praying for the people affected in the southeast. If you'd like to help, here is a...
Phantoms by Dean Koontz
I have always been fascinated by weird history, particularly mass disappearances. Mankind's history is littered with unexplained events. Whole villages, planes, or boats disappear without a trace. Everyone knows Roanoke, right? In 1585, a colony of English settlers...
Friday Fiction: ESAU by Philip Kerr
I have always loved cryptids, specifically Bigfoot and Yeti. Maybe it’s because I’m drawn to stories about the unknown, or because I enjoy ones of survival in inhospitable or uninhabited settings, or maybe it’s because I’ve grown up with the legend of the Alabama...
Friday Fiction: Two Newberry Award-Winning Middle-Grade Books
Hello, Friday Fiction friends! You all know I love reading and am always checking out different genres, authors, and literary styles. But much of my heart is lost in middle-grade and young-adult books. Though I'm not young at all, lol, I feel like a child at heart...
Friday Fiction: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
The question I asked when I first finished Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ was, Where has this book been all my life? I can’t believe it took me until my late twenties to read this famous literary classic by Lew Wallace. My earliest exposure to the story was in...
Friday Fiction: The Groundworld Heroes: Book One by Adrian So
Author Adrian So takes middle graders into a world of moles, badgers, aardvarks, armadillos, and hares. The Groundworld Heroes: Book One will appeal to lovers of anthropomorphic animal stories like Redwall. It even has these types of animals intermingle with humans,...
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