Gateway to Paradise

In
these gritty, imaginative stories set in the mountains and small towns of the
South-often in motels, theme parks, or resorts-men and women find themselves at
the mercy of an inspiration gone wrong: a man on a tryst is seduced by a ghost;
a woman conducts a test to discover who is her true best friend-her husband or
her dog; a beleaguered young writing professor goes one step too far while
chaperoning the famous writer he finds darkly alluring. In the title story, an ex-high-school
basketball player living an uneventful life in her small hometown as a cashier helps her boyfriend rob a lottery winner, and finds herself
on an epic journey of fear, deceit, and betrayal.