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John Wheeler, a year out of a failed marriage, has lost his grip as a journalist for the Spokesman Review. He accepts a position as editor of the Willow Creek Courier, owned by the wealthy and eccentric widow Ruth Hutchins. A few months after Wheeler has gotten settled into his new life in the quaint resort town of Willow Creek, Rose LaBelle arrives driving a red Trans Am with the personalized plate proclaiming "Dancer." She fled Coeur d'Alene...

A fictionalized account of the time during which the author lived in Kunming, Yunnan Province, the narrative is rendered by a gentleman who feels distinctly out of his element, and who must resort to various rather unusual measures in order for him to return toward a psychological equilibrium. The central theme is the ever-present possibility of tension between a husband and wife, particularly if they do not share the same language.

Sidney Cline meets Rita Dunn one blustery autumn morning when they are both on their way to work. He offers her a lift and she accepts his invitation. Their relationship slowly develops until her brother-in-law begins to interfere.

Donald Gardner Stacy developed his aesthetic for poetry and literary fiction over the course of fifty years. The element of time's passage comes into play frequently in this small collection as a thematic structure within several of these poems, none of them very long. In some cases, the initial composition of the poem disclosed its own form. At other times, the poem in question eschews form altogether, relying entirely on the sound of the con...

Paul Connor, a middle-aged working man, moves to Everett, Washington in the hope of beginning his life anew. He meets Lorraine Adrian, daughter of a retired district court judge, who happens to also become his land-lady, and they form a rather curious relationship

Apart from a few science fiction stories, the rest take place in the Northwest. The stories appear in the chronological order of their composition, and deal with individual struggle toward love and identity.

This is a collection of poetry which spans somewhat more than forty years. The transitions are stylistically sharp and self-evident.

The Carswell Estate covered close to 150 acres of semi-wilderness surrounding unkempt lawns at the center of which was a mansion with limestone walls streaming with ivy, built in the twenties of the previous century." So begins this novel set in a fictional region of the southeastern United States. Rebecca Minot, the personal assistant of the owner, has the high responsibilty of renovating this piece of real estate inside and out. So she place...

These stories reflect the author's preoccupations with the trials and conflicts of early married life, and the need for individuals to make their mark in the world, if only to carve a few words onto the surface of a stone.

The stories in this collection range from satire to science fiction to a realism which focuses upon working class life.