In the tradition of the classic British ghost story, John Stewart Wynne creates a poignant tale of a new friendship interrupted by an unexpected, otherworldly turn of events.

Two women—strangers—book the same hotel in the Scottish Highlands.

But are they really strangers, and if not, why not?

A different time―1953―the year of the first color TV, the first VW Beetle, and Queen Elizabeth's coronation.

A different place―Braemar, Scotland, near Balmoral Castle. An ancient hotel surrounded by mountains, sheep, and March winds.

A different love―Two retired American elementary schoolteachers―shy Alice and gung-ho Louise―have just met and are enjoying their lifelong dreams of a Scottish vacation. Glad for each other's company, they go exploring together, share similar memories, and when Louise reveals a taboo secret, an unspoken bond is formed…

Alice prays it won't end...but then an eerie mist comes down from the mountains...

John Stewart Wynne's fiction has been hailed by such authors as:

PEN/Faulkner Award winner Kate Christensen―"Astonishingly good, original, beautiful and amazing..."
National Book Award winner Paul Monette―"With an infallible ear for dialogue, Wynne casts a laser eye on the things we say, so different from what we mean. People on the edge, the margins of love."
Lambda Literary Award winner Rebecca Brown―"The Other World is an incredibly powerful book."

John Stewart Wynne was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction for his novel The Red Shoes. Wikipedia notes that, "His writing often depicts characters in extremis, outsiders adrift in a conformist landscape, in plots that juxtapose the surreal and naturalistic. He has been hailed as the heir apparent to the tradition of 'outsider art' exemplified by Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers and Truman Capote." In addition to Louise, Don't Go, Tree Line Books has published five other standalone stories by John Stewart Wynne in ebook format: Narcissist; Blonds; The Sighting (praised on its first publication by writers as diverse as Hubert Selby Jr., James Purdy, Charles Palliser, and Prix Goncourt winner Yves Navarre); A Night in the Pampas; and The Needles Highway. The author's short story collection The Other World, originally published by City Lights Books, is now available in new print and ebook editions from Tree Line Books. The publisher will also bring out new ebook and print editions of The Red Shoes in September 2025.

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