Los Alamos High School Alumna Releases Collection Of Stories: ‘Souvenirs From Another Life’

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Souvenirs from Another Life, the first full-length collection of stories by Los Alamos High School (LAHS) alumna Leah Browning, was published by Quiet Ocean Studio & Press in February 2026. It is now available in paperback, as an e-book, and as an unabridged audiobook narrated by Mallory Fuccella. 
Browning is also the author of Two Good Ears and Loud Snow, a pair of flash fiction mini-books published by Silent Station Press; When the Sun Comes Out After Three Days of Rain, a collection of poetry published by Kelsay Books; three short nonfiction books for teens and pre-teens, all released by educational publisher Capstone Press; and six chapbooks of poetry and fiction.
Browning’s work has appeared in Four Way Review, Harpur Palate, Valparaiso Fiction Review, The Threepenny Review, Necessary Fiction, Waxwing, Flock, Contrary Magazine, Passages North, Watershed Review, Parhelion Literary Magazine, Newfound, The Forge Literary Magazine, Superstition Review, Santa Ana River Review, The Petigru Review, The Westchester Review, Funicular Magazine, Ponder Review, and other literary journals and anthologies. Her stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize anthology, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions, and the storySouth Million Writers Award. Her second full-length story collection, Before and After a Slice of Cake, is forthcoming. 
Author and LAHS alumna Leah Browning 
 
In addition to writing, Browning edits the Apple Valley Review, an online literary journal established in 2005. The journal is published twice annually and features short fiction, personal essays, poetry, and translations. 
 
Browning was born and raised in New Mexico. Souvenirs from Another Life is dedicated to one of her high school English teachers, Santa Fe resident Jeffrey Laing. During her time at LAHS, Browning received second prize in Seventeen Magazine’s annual fiction contest and an achievement award in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English. Her stories and poetry were published in the Los Alamos Monitor, the Southwest High School Creative Writing Awards, and the New Mexico English Journal. As an adult, her work has appeared in the Los Alamos Monitor, Mothering Magazine, and albuquerqueARTS Magazine. 
 
Souvenirs from Another Life is available in various formats from libraries and retail outlets including Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Apple, Google Play, Spotify, and Smashwords. More information about the book, including product details, an excerpt, and a printable discussion guide for readers, may be found online. 
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