This collection is a spectacular array of stories that run the gamut of the human condition, and beyond.  Shiver with Frank when he meets a bear in his wife’s bedroom, watch the subtle skirmish for power between a callow college freshman and his English teacher, cruise aboard the Raunchy Lady while Lonny behaves like an old fool with Rita, and take a harrowing ride to Indiantown in the back of a rattletrap truck driven by a belligerent drunk. You’ll root for Floyd Little to triumph over his jackass boss, rejoice when Rose finally gets her wish to go home, laugh at the antics of two rotund sisters who stumble into a very embarrassing situation, and commiserate with the plight and angst of a hapless househusband.  You’ll cheer Wanda’s  spunk, loathe Curt Maddox’s arrogance and Lila Mae’s sniveling, then love Lester Nye and Anna, and you’ll weep with Shannon, Max, James and Laura, but you won’t soon forget these stories that deftly probe themes of loss, courage, betrayal, humor, death, love and friendship—these stories have it all.

Awards...

2005 League of Utah Writers Quill With Diamond Award - Outstanding Fiction Book of the Year