The novelette Shouldn't We Dance? follows Hank, a 20-something coping with the sudden loss of his lifelong best friend, Doug. When Hank goes through Doug's old notebooks, he finds a sense of purpose in finishing the sci-fi story the boys started together during their elementary summers, summoning Doug's ghost in the process. Shouldn't We Dance? is a love song to the power of stories and an honest, funny, and heartwarming portrait of friendship and grief in all its knotty mess.
 
A5-sized paperback, perfectbound with spine.
Approximately 110 pages.
To be published: October 7, 2025
ISBN: 979-8-89692-800-3
 
Donna-Claire Chesman is a Philly-based author with a deep love for all things music, board games, and the Philadelphia Phillies. She is the author of bestselling music history, The Book of Mac: Remembering Mac Miller and CRYBABY: The Artists Who Shaped Emo Rap. When not writing, she is hanging with her cats, her wife, and her pet parrot, Ernest Chirpingway.