Abstract:
Ronnette Manchester is an aging rock star who must suddenly come to terms with her past in the form of a long forgotten son and the lover she spurned decades earlier. James Peterson is a mask maker longing for a better life, but stuck in a dead end job and an even deader relationship, until one night he meets a mysterious girl named Darla. Paul Kendall is a writer who was kicked out of his home ten years ago because of his sexual preference, now summoned for a return visit to face the dying father who never accepted him. Kyle and Mary Rossi are siblings about to attend a birthday party for their grandmother, and dreading every minute of it. Danny Carswell is a struggling artist with a grudge against the Church, now forced to put his feelings aside as he is hired to paint a portrait of Christ. Each of these characters will come to a crossroads in this entertaining collection of stories and poetry.