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Stumped: “It will ". . . remind readers of To Kill a Mockingbird and the movie Stand By Me.”

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Kathryn Shows, Author

Forever stumped by the question, “Where are you from?” Kathryn Shows has lived in nine states and two countries as a military child, wife, and mother of four.

Stumped: A Real Book, Property of Walter Stypes is her first novel, and soon to be released is its sequel, Stalled. The Zodiac, An Ancient Play, will also be released by the end of the year.

Kathryn currently lives in Alabama with her tirelessly patient husband and their dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback who couldn’t corner a kitten.

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Page and Palette Book Signing

Saturday, October 3, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

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Fairhope Yacht Club - Christmas Market

Thursday, November 19th, 2026 - 10:00am to 2:00pm

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Stumped the Book

Woody believed the tree was haunted.

Walter wasn’t sure.

He was new to the small town and so far nothing seemed real.

Not his parents’ delusional decision to buy a historic house that needed to be restored.

Not the town bully’s determination to single Walter out.

Not the most beautiful girl being assigned the desk in front of him in English class.

And most of all, not his father’s unfair punishment to dig up an old stump in the back yard. An assignment that would lead Walter on a quest to unravel an old town legend and in doing so, find real friends, real courage, and a real home.

Stumped is a timeless story set in rural Alabama.

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The Zodiac
An Ancient PlaY

What if - When God spoke the protoevangelium to Adam and Eve, He backed it up with the world’s largest power point.

What if - For 2,000 years mankind had a visual representation of the Gospel.

What if - The ancient zodiac is God’s marriage proposal to the world.

The Zodiac: An Ancient Play, is a quasi-play depicting God’s great promise to send His seed, His only Son, into the world as it is both told and illustrated through the 48 signs of the ancient zodiac.

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Stalled

With high school receding in the rear view mirror of Walter’s new/used car, his only remaining responsibility is to complete his private pilot’s license.

But when his dog, Hobbes, goes missing on Woody’s farm, Walter becomes unwillingly caught up in an old moonshiner’s ghost story that will test his courage, his friendships, and his love for Kennie.


Stalled, is the sequel to Stumped.

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