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Come out this weekend to downtown Muskegon to 4th Street and Clay and you will find a reader’s delight grouped in the Authors Alley; everything from kids books, Christian, fantasy, poetry, short stories, thrillers and horror.

“It’s a festival in the streets,” said author Melanie Hooyenga. “It feels like you’re a part of the community.”

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Inspired by Japanese folklore, author Xander Cross creates a dark, forbidding future and a demon in peril in “The Origin of the White Wind.” Welcome to The Atlas Dystopia Apocalyptica, the memoirs of a former Divine Messenger turned yakuza assassin! This gritty action thriller will take you into the shadowy world of dragons and yōkai in the 22nd Century New Toky and beyond! 

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Come sail the high seas with Captains of Literary Wonderment!

Have you ever been hiked out on the high side, your boat at a 30-degree heel, wind filling your spinnaker, spray hitting your face as you scream across the water at 20 knots? Well, if you have, you’ll understand the excitement this Virtual Book Festival will bring. If you haven’t, throw caution to the wind, and join us for the Summer Reading Regatta!

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Verges tackles the serious issues of menopause and beyond with a light heart in her collection of stories and essays “Menopause Ain’t No Joke.” 

She turned her blog posts into a book in three months with stories ranging from aboard an airplane to a dentist’s office.

Verges lives by the motto “A laugh a day, keeps stress at bay” and keeps a hoola hoop in her office.

“I wish I had written more essays,” she said.

Once, she found mouse poop in her car while reaching for a treat.

“There was no shingle on my hood that said, ‘Welcome, we’ll leave the light on for you.”