On any given day, in any given city, countless people are arriving and departing...to visit grandma, to close a business deal, to hook up with a lover, to climb a mountain. Intrepid traveler Luis is t
Nea, a Chinese-Cambodian teenager, flees to Texas as a refugee from the Khmer Rouge regime when a miracle occurs. Although her family has been struggling to support itself
Danny Murphy is going to meet his brother, Jimmy. They haven't seen each other in more than twenty years, and Danny is nervous. On the way to the pub, Danny begins to remember the good times and the
The United States is being transformed. The New America follows millions of 21st-century pioneers to a new frontier in the West. In the sprawling new cities of the Sun Belt states, where suburban com
A rare inside look at Roma culture, ritual and belief at its peak in America. Gypsies conjure the romance of a nomadic life, a nostalgia for a simpler time. Gypsies have yet to enter the American con
A woman in trouble turns to ice cream, and just might find love in its pursuit. Emelda is 46 years old. Her husband, Charlie, has just left her for a 23-year-old dancer. Her five difficult sons worsh
A story of false friendship and following one's heart. Melissa and Sophie have been friends all their lives. Or that's what Sophie likes to think. Sophie is a giver; Melissa a taker. Their friendship
A funny and frank story about a mother and her colorful son. It's bad enough for a mother to discover that her son is a porn star, even worse when the nosy neighbors know first. When Lynn sees her so
An Irish gumshoe gets in trouble again in this steamy short fiction that features gangs, pay-offs, immigration and a dose of greed. Private detective John Blaine is back treading Dublin's mean street
Lizzie is dead - she just doesnt know it. Why does everyone ignore her when she needs a little sympathy? She has been in an accident, after all. The next day, Lizzie goes to work as usual and meets t
Through poignant reflections on coming to the new world, traveling across the landscape in wagons and caravans of cars, and surviving by wit and by luck on the edge of American society, Lola drew a y
