The Author
A native of Southern California, Caroline Mertens moved to Colorado as a teen. She received her B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Colorado Christian University in Denver. Her grandmother’s immigration tales of adventure, love, pain, and redemption provided ample amounts of hope, grace, and literary inspiration for her debut, In Those Other Lands. … Read more >>
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two feet of snow
Several years ago, we lived in the Chicago suburbs, and at least two feet of snow fell over the course [...]
A Splendor Among Shadows
My upcoming short story, A Splendor Among Shadows, is available for preorder! Launching into the world on 2/22/22. Amsterdam, Netherlands, [...]
A deeper form of love
If you have suffered great losses and pain, have you noticed that seeing the world through a lens of grief [...]