FORTHCOMING
The Oyster Bed
A morning on the water introduces Alex Mercer, a small-town attorney, and a boat called Knot Guilty.
STORIES BY LAURA HARGROVE
Some stories
come in
with the tide.
Short stories. Lingering questions.
A little of Florida’s Gulf Coast on every page.
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Written with the coast close by.
Cedar Key & Apalachicola, Florida
THE WATER. THE QUIET. THE STORIES BETWEEN.Photography by Laura HargroveSTAY A LITTLE. READ SOMETHING.FICTION & TRUE STORIES ✧ FLORIDA ROOTS ✧ A COASTAL STATE OF MIND
THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION
A few pages.
Somewhere else.
A place for the stories that arrive between the chapters.
Short fiction and true stories by Laura Hargrove.
THE READING ROOM
Alex Mercer short stories
TRUE STORY · OUTDOORS & HUMOR
The Hunt
A quiet bow hunt takes a turn when a cottonmouth settles at the only way down from Laura’s tree stand.
Read The HuntAlex Mercer Short Stories
Alexandra “Alex” Mercer practices law in a small Florida Gulf Coast town. These short stories follow her through smaller cases and the complications that find her outside the office.
THE AUTHOR
Laura Hargrove
“I do most of my writing while visiting Cedar Key and Apalachicola.”
I am a Florida attorney that enjoys fictional writing along with writing some funny true stories from my life. Florida’s Gulf Coast is where I make room to write. This is a home for my short stories, and a place to share a little of the writing life as I work on my novel.
Come for a short story. Stay for what comes next.
THROUGH MY LENS
Where the pages
begin.
A few moments from the coast.
Photography by Laura Hargrove.
BEYOND THE SHORT STORIES
A longer story
is taking shape.
I’m also working on a novel. For now, the short stories have a home here. As the book develops, this will be the place for news from the manuscript.
ON THE WRITING DESK — NOVEL IN PROGRESS