Claire and Archie were college sweethearts. They are happily married. Until...Archie's National Guard Unit is activated and sent to Iraq. In his absence, Claire becomes active against the war. When Archie returns home on emergency leave to bury his mother, he learns of his wife's political activity. Can their marriage survive their new differences?
Charles Deemer is the editor of Oregon Literary Review and the artistic director of Small Screen Video.
His book Seven Plays was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. His novel Dead Body In A Small Room was a finalist for Foreword Magazine's Mystery of the Year award. Three of his stories were selected to the Roll of Honor in Best American Short Stories. His play "Famililly" won the 1997 Crossing Borders international new play competition.
His other books include Kerouac's Scroll (novel), Love At Ground Zero (novel), Movies They Should Have Made (screenplays), The Man Who Shot Elvis and Other Stories and In My Old Age (poems).
Deemer recently began making digital films. His DVDs include Three Short Digital Films, Deconstructing Sally and The Farewell Wake.
Deemer teaches screenwriting at Portland State University.
