I’m proud to say that Grammy Mare Stories: A New Life, by Marilyn L. Swander, is the first book available from Smoky Row Press on paperback. You can buy it right this second here. 

Publishing Grammy Mare Stories: A New Life under my Smoky Row Press imprint feels like the perfect beginning. This book is more than just a family project- it’s a full-circle moment. The same woman who first nudged me down back roads in search of forgotten schoolhouses is now the first author on my imprint. That means the world to me.

I’m proud that Smoky Row Press can give my grandma’s stories a permanent home, not just for our family, but for anyone who believes in the quiet power of what Grammy Mare teaches her animal friends at the farm. It’s exactly the kind of meaningful, grounded storytelling I want Smoky Row to stand for: stories rooted in place, carried through generations, and told with heart.