Heather Dodge Martin

Stories of women making a place for themselves,
in the complex world of the 1970s

 

The book cover of Feisty Deeds II shows three figures of women from different time periods grouped around a steaming cauldron, with various objects like flowers, a piglet, and a plant with leaves and berries surrounding them.

Concoctions, treats, brews, and potions from another batch of feisty characters

Whether cooking for solace, scrounging for food, concocting medicine, or brewing poisons, the feisty women in these stories will keep you thirsting for more. Twenty-five tales will transport you far afield in time and place: third century Ireland, medieval Europe, twentieth-century Australia.

Read your way from a hippie commune to a WW II internment camp in the Philippines; from a Renaissance palace to a Polish village wracked by war, the hills of Appalachia, and a sleepy Ontario town.

Mixtures to soothe, heal, and thrall are prepared in these pages, where lovers take revenge, mothers protect their children, and feisty women make choices in a challenging world.

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I’m so thrilled to have my short story, “Chicory is Not Coffee,” open this amazing collection of 25 stories from different authors, all about strong women. This book would make an amazing gift for the the readers in your life! 

It’s available in both ebook and paperback, on all major book sales sites.

All profits go to the Scholarship Fund of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, which provides support to aspiring writers in the form of tools and education, in order to allow a more diverse pool of authors to improve their craft and bring their stories to the world.

An image of the book, Feisty Deeds II, whose cover has three women from across history grouped around a cauldron. The short story title, "Chicory is Not Coffe", is highlighted, along with the following description of the story: 1970, Northern California. Peace, love, and bitterness? A hippie must hold her commune together.