An American graduate student from UC-Berkeley visiting Peru as a geo-archeological point man for a Spanish conglomerate finds himself kidnapped for ransom by a group of Maoist rebels known as The Shining Path. Peter Martin builds a... Read More

A love match progresses, matures to fruition, and inevitably ends as life does, in imitation of the growing season. These poems of engagement and sustenance are organized into three chapters: Melody, Rhythm, and Harmony. Sixteen of the... Read More

Rummspringa, a Pennsylvania Dutch word meaning “running around” is the transitional phase between schooling’s end and voluntary adult church membership, during which Amish young people are temporarily allowed to try on the ways and... Read More

A professional young widow who has recently emerged from an abusive arranged marriage finds her life changed by unexpected sympathy for a man reviled for killing a loved one. Esam Bassey is a skilled pediatric surgery resident who... Read More

New Yorkers and Californians who see the American Midwest and Plains states as hopelessly unprogressive refer to the regions as Flyover Country; they dismiss heartlanders based on broad generalizations but rarely acquaint themselves with... Read More

The fable of an elephant confused for something else by blindfolded people who inspect one area each can be applied to the next generation of family farms. Corn mazes, cider mills, community plots, and wine tasting rooms are all in the... Read More

These quick bursts of cracked brilliance, these splintered bedtime stories for grown folks, have the power to make readers laugh, and then think… Then scoff at the futility of thinking. The lineage for this spirit of irony traces... Read More

A Michigan soccer team under the guidance of Coach Pedro visits Hemingway country on idyllic Walloon Lake and in the nearby town of Petoskey. They’re revved up for a tournament which will test their energy and reveal their disciplined... Read More