Macaroni and Cheese Catastrophe and Other Stories

From tender moments of love, loss, and adventure to laugh-out-loud chaos, MACARONI AND CHEESE CATASTROPHE AND OTHER STORIES bring together four short stories that celebrate the beauty and the mess of being human.

In "Macaroni and Cheese Catastrophe," Ella want's to prove not only to herself, but to her family that she can make a homemade Thanksgiving dish worthy of Grandma's table. Her plans quickly spiral into hilarious mayhem when she struggles with cooking one very stubborn casserole. From a burnt roux that fills the kitchen with smoke, to finding her dish on the floor, she finds that the best recipes are the ones that don't go as planned.

"Kylie's Stressful Day," follows a hardworking ranch girl whose much-anticipated fishing date with the new vet, Luke, turns into a stressful day of trying to make it on time. Anywhere from her horse getting sick to the truck's battery dying, Kylie's day is proof that sometimes love shows up when everything else goes wrong.

In "She Just Wants to go Home," two siblings face canceled flights, stormy weather, and the weight of time as they race to reach their dying father's side. Their journey becomes a moving reflection on family, forgiveness, and the melodies that stay with us long after goodbye.

In the short story "The Dragon," a quiet hike transforms into an extraordinary adventure when Leona steps through the mist and into a realm of danger, magic, and flying creatures she's never dreamed of before. This is the story of a woman's courage to chase the adventure she's always dreamed of no matter what she used to believe could exist.

Heartfelt, humorous, and filled with adventure of different kinds, Macaroni and Cheese Catastrophe and Other Stories invites readers on a journey through the ordinary and the extraordinary, where mistakes, laughter, and dreams tells its own story.