These sixteen stories from authors who live and work in Chester County, Pennsylvania, explore our common history and shared bonds. The collection includes stories about people in transition, struggling to find their place and peace in the community they live in. They are tales about love and loss, violence and heartbreak. The collection features brand new stories by: Virginia Beards, Jim Breslin, Robb Cadigan, Wayne Anthony Conaway, Peter Cunniffe, Michael Dolan, Ronald D. Giles, Terry Heyman, Joan Hill, Nicole Valentine, Jacob Asher Michael, Eli Silberman and Christine Yurick.
Jim Breslin was born in Philadelphia and grew up in the suburban town of Media, PA. His first collection of stories, Elephant, is a mix of short stories, flash fiction and prose poems about the loneliness and hope found in suburbia. His fiction has been published in Metazen and Think Journal. Some pieces appeared on Fictionaut in slightly different form. Jim is also the founder and emcee of the West Chester Story Slam, a monthly storytelling event in downtown West Chester. He lives in West Chester, PA with his wife and two sons.
