Malcolm Hillgartner – författare

Comedy / 3m, 1f / Simple set Follow Daisy the sassy Westie through her dating adventures with Itchy, Champ and Bogie at the hippest, hottest place in town: Central Bark, where every dog has his day, and love conquers all. Daisy has promised her BFF (Best Friend Forever) she'd give the dating scene one more chance. She meets Champ the Collie, a charming but full of himself show dog; Itchy, a "humperactive" Jack Russell terrier; and Bogie, the darkly mysterious Lab/mutt who sticks his neck out for no one. This unusual quartet make their way through the day's scheduled events which include Singles With Friends, Agility Class, Speed Mating, Yappy Hour and Lovers with Leashes, which is when they pair up and leave the park. Daisy comes to the conclusion that Champ only has eyes for himself, Itchy can only be a friend, and Bogie is the dog for her. But when Daisy makes her desires known to Bogie, she gets a rude awakening; we learn that Bogie, a stray, has been living at the Dogpark for six months. Bogie confesses his love for Daisy just as Animal Control arrives to take him away. Will Bogie and Daisy ever be reunited?Fresh off its sold-out run at Milwaukee Rep comes Dogpark: The Musical, created by the team behind the hit Chaps! and Chaps! A Jingle Jangle Christmas!

Beth and Charlie Bradley fear starting another school year with their notorious classmates Imogene, Leroy and Gladys Herdman. When Miss Kemp assigns the students at Woodrow Wilson Elementary to think of compliments for their classmates and Beth picks Imogene's name, an unforgettably hilarious school year commences complete with a tattooed baby, a mysterious teachers' lounge and a compassionate discovery that might prove there's something good about this crazy clan after all.The Best School Year Ever is the second in a series of stories following the beloved characters from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, adapted from Barbara Robinson's bestselling Young Adult novels.

This follow-up to the national bestseller A Study in Sherlock is a stunning new volume of original stories compiled by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger.

The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were recently voted the top mystery series of all time, and they have enthralled generations of readers—and writers.

Now, Laurie R. King, author of the New York Times bestselling Mary Russell series in which Holmes plays a costarring role, and Leslie S. Klinger, Edgar Award–winning editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, have assembled a stellar group of contemporary authors from a variety of genres and asked them to create new stories inspired by that canon. Authors included here are Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Michael Dirda, Harlan Ellison, Denise Hamilton, Nancy Holder, John Lescroart, Sara Paretsky, Michael Sims, and more.

Inside you''ll find Holmes in times and places previously unimagined, as well as characters who have themselves been affected by the tales of Sherlock Holmes. The game is afoot—again!

Stories include:

"The Crooked Man" by Michael Connelly"The Curious Affair of the Italian Art Dealer" by Sara Paretsky"The Memoirs of Silver Blaze" by Michael Sims"Dr. Watson''s Casebook" by Andrew Grant"The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman" by Jeffery Deaver"Art in the Blood" by Laura Caldwell"Dunkirk" by John Lescroart"The Problem of the Empty Slipper" by Leah Moore and John Reppion"Lost Boys" by Cornelia Funke"The Thinking Machine" by Denise Hamilton"By Any Other Name" by Michael Dirda"He Who Grew Up Reading Sherlock Holmes" by Harlan Ellison"The Adventure of My Ignoble Ancestress" by Nancy Holder"The Closing" by Leslie S. Klinger"How I Came to Meet Sherlock Holmes" by Gahan Wilson