Mary Vensel White is the author of four novels and the upcoming short story collection, Resonant Blue and Other Stories. She’s also the founder of Type Eighteen Books, an Orange-County-based publisher of inspiring and innovative writing—well-crafted, well-considered stories with the potential to change lives. She brings her experience as a published
author and editor to this project and strives to provide a personal touch to every book. She is also active in the OC writing community, most notably as the President of the California Writers Club, Orange County branch. Her other business is Type Eighteen Editing and Book Services, and she teaches English and writing part-time at Concordia University. After attending universities in Denver and Chicago, she has been in Orange County for over twenty years.

The first collection of award-winning short fiction from the author of Bellflower and Things to See in Arizona; Mary Vensel White’s writing reflects “how we can endure and overcome our personal histories, better understand our ancestral ones, and accept the unknown future ahead.”

In “Driftwood,” a woman in a sleepy desert town willingly jumps into the back of a stranger’s pickup to escape her quiet house. In “Griffin,” an organized wife struggles to keep her family together and keep the beast of her husband’s mental illness away. And in the title story, “Resonant Blue,” an egotistical architect shatters everything around him as he tries to connect with his loved ones and build a better life. A game show for those seeking love, a family wedding that unveils another secret union, a woman’s impulsive trip to Greece to find her first love—in these twelve stories, Vensel White’s characters face turning points. Whether backed against a wall, reeling from a loss, or forced to confront a painful truth, each doggedly pursues the glimmer of possibility shining on the horizon.

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