Karen Tucker Knihy

Focusing on the challenges of opioid addiction, this novel explores the lives of two best friends in rural North Carolina as they navigate their struggles in a poverty-stricken environment. Blending humor and pain, the story delves into their journey toward liberation and self-discovery, offering a poignant look at friendship and resilience. Ideal for fans of character-driven narratives, it captures the complexities of addiction and the bonds that can both uplift and hinder.

The Orison Anthology is an annual collection of the finest spiritually engaged writing that appeared in periodicals in the preceding year. Our anthology aims to not only fill, but expand, the space left by the absence of the Best American Spiritual Writing series. In addition to reprinted material, each year the anthology will also include new, previously unpublished works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry by the winners of The Orison Anthology Awards, judged by different prominent writers each year. The winners receive $500 each, as well as publication. The judges for Volume 3 were Justin Torres (fiction), Scott Russell Sanders (non-fiction), and Nickole Brown (poetry). The winners were Katie Farris (fiction), Lynn Casteel Harper (nonfiction), and Emily Rose Cole (poetry).