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A tale of Califonia's modern gold country and the need to build and maintain community in an ever more globalized world.
i>font size="3"> Belonging/font>/i> is a must-read for anyone interested in the people and places of the Sierra and its foothills.
div>The year is 1974 and friction between Downieville’s newcomers and natives is on the rise. But Sheriff Buck Thompson, because of his personal baggage with many of the natives, has to court newcomers to get re-elected. This seems laughable until a tragic drowning changes everything. Teacher and newcomer Greg Fulton sees right through Buck, or thinks he does, and Greg's wife Molly becomes so determined that Buck won't prevail, she doesn't c | |  | | Borders and Boundaries
Borders? Those are on a map. Boundaries are on maps too. Unless they’re in your head. What you will and won’t do. Or what you might do…under pressure.
span style="font-family: Tahoma;">These ten stories read like a novel and touch on a full range of human conflict through familiar western themes: gold mining, wildfires, train hopping, claim jumping, Jeeps, horses and running from the law. But not leaving out themes of the moment, like computer hacking, opioids, i>Me Too/i> sexual harassment and college admissions fraud. /span>
span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Set in the sagebrush country along both sides of the Northern California/Nevada state line, Borders and Boundaries takes you to fire lookouts, courtrooms, prisons, | |  | | Forgive Me, Father - A Story Collection
Twelve highly inventive stories set in and around Northern California that range from tragic to comic, from sweet to kinky, and feature protagonists, male and female, from every walk of life. To buy a print copy ($14.95), just click the Cold River Press link above. For an ebook ($5.99), click the Amazon Kindle link.
span style="font-size: small;">span style="font-family: Arial;">This collection celebrates the variety of the short story form. Often stories published together have a common theme, or are expressly linked in time, or carry a particular character or characters forward from plotline to plotline. Not so, here, although the stories are organized such that the mood transitions between them will add to the reading experience despite the broad scope./span>br />
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span style="font-size: small;">span style="font-family: Arial;">spa | |  | | What You Wish For
A contemporary family saga dealing with the issue of death with dignity/assisted dying and set in California's beautiful Napa and Marin counties.
Who does your life belong to, anyway? You, your family, the government, or God? Miles Milner, his girlfriend, Colleen, and his brother, Mel, confront all these questions by walking a slippery line between personal ethics and the law.
But events really ramp up when the police find Mel’s body and a suicide note under dubious circumstances, with Miles treated and two of Mel’s friends treated as suspects.
The resulting cloud brings in Mel’s embittered ex-wife and their two grown sons, and when his will confirms that Gina, Mel’s girlfriend, Miles’ so |
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