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Staff Review
Theresa Kopper

Family Writing Contest Winner

By Theresa Kopper
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Helen H.
Apr 9, 2025

Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Theresa Kopper has won our short story contest on the theme Family with her piece "Unyielding."

Theresa lives in Olathe. By day she designs water & wastewater treatment systems. At night, she writes stories for her children and sisters. Sometimes they read them.

For the little creatures who keep us resilient

My name is Will. I am nine years old and tall for my age. Once, I ate so many mandarins I got scurvy. 

Staff Review
Coyote Run

Coyote Run

By Lilith Saintcrow
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Matt I.
Mar 18, 2025

War is, as they say, Hell, but in this future dystopia our guide through the Inferno that the Disunited States has become is not Virgil, but rather a genetically modified shapeshifter named Coyote. She will get you to where you need to go and possibly save some lives on the way!