Local Author Lands Three-Book Deal With Aethon Books

Jodie Cain Smith, founder of the Mobile Literary Festival and event coordinator for The Haunted Book Shop, announced that she has accepted and signed a three-book deal with Aethon Books. Smith’s book is titled Splintered Reeds and “is set against the backdrop of a news-future America, in which a 32-year-old widow returns to her family and Bellefontaine, Alabama, and faces domestic terrorism, economic collapse and the brink of civil war.” It is set for publication in 2025.