Dust and Mercy
A 1959 Appalachian Good Samaritan retelling about land, justice, faith, and the cost of becoming a neighbor when it matters.
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R. M. Kiser
Author & Storyteller
Stories rooted in place, memory, mercy, and the people who keep going — from Appalachian valleys to imagined worlds where truth refuses to stay buried.
R. M. Kiser · Kingsport, Tennessee
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Stories built to stay with you.
Three distinct worlds, one through-line: characters carrying memory, faith, grief, courage, and the stubborn work of continuing.
The Letters We Couldn't Read
A father and son discover the letters a wife and mother left behind — words written forward into the days she knew would hurt most.
The Echo Rewritten
In Bridgefall, history is stored in stormglass. One archivist inherits a record proving the official past was deliberately rewritten.
Notes from the Porch
On stories, place, and the things that stay with us.
A quieter corner for writing notes, behind-the-scenes thoughts, and occasional reflections from the road between books.
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Named for two landscapes that have always felt like home: the mountains and the shore. Summit & Shore sits quietly behind the books as the publishing imprint.
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