a plucky little press


Founded by author Laura McHale Holland


coming in 2025

ON SHINBONE LANE, a novel set in 1974 on the fictional Shinbone Lane in San Francisco. It's a neighborhood one step removed from normal, where old-timers greet young seekers bearing backpacks of hope; some are running from, others running to things they can't control, creating a mix that frightens, mesmerizes, stuns and transforms.


laura's books

I write stories long, short, true and untrue that tend to bend reality.Please visit my author website's books page for full descriptions, endorsements and buy links for all seven books in the catalog.


about wordforest

Once upon a time, I wrote a memoir. It was about my childhood, which was upended when my mother committed suicide, an act that set off a series of events that ensured my early years would never be normal ...


let's connect

Join my Reader Group and dive into tiny stories set where shadows of enchantment tilt everyday lives, and the unexpected becomes the norm.


services

When I'm not writing, publishing, telling stories or hanging out with family, I do freelance copyediting for book-length manuscripts, both fiction and nonfiction, and occasionally for short stories.


dispatches

This is a collection of short posts from the independent publishing trenches. It lists several resources I've found helpful.