What’s revealed in these stories, as so often in life, is that “the only thing separating well-being from danger [is] a line in the sand.” Don Waters’s second short-story collection, "The Saints of Rattlesnake Mountain", is a... Read More

Unapologetic and observant, this memoir of family recognizes the difficulties of balancing expectations and disappointments. In "Worthy", Denice Turner explores her family’s history and the legacy that haunts the relationships within,... Read More

An unlikely drug dealer supplying an old folks home comes of age in a fast-paced, dynamic new novel of ethics and identity. In richly descriptive and propulsive prose, Don Waters’ dynamic debut, "Sunland", dissects the meanings of... Read More

For a guy who deals out luck in the high-stakes blackjack pits of Las Vegas casinos, most of Jude Helms’s personal fortune is bad. Lately he has lost two jobs, the first after seventeen years at the Monaco, and the next after only four... Read More

We are all wandering spirits searching for a way to reconcile the events of our pasts and move on to the next step of our existence. Unless we accomplish this transition, we will become one of those dreadful hungry spirits that is never... Read More

One divorce is bad enough, but when it becomes a tale twice told, survivors can feel as shamed and branded as Hester Prynne. Regardless of the whys, hows, and wherefores, it is nearly impossible to avoid lonely doubt-wracked nights and... Read More