Set in Cleveland, Ohio, from its earliest beginnings as a forested frontier to the urban blight of modern times, Mistakes by the Lake is a collection of ten thematically linked stories spanning the many faces of the city\'s history: A motorman navigates his 1920\'s back-and-forth trolley until he snaps
A stockyards knocker encounters the Virgin Mary during the 1954 World Series
A wannabe wrestles his unruly mind along the flammable 1960\'s Cuyahoga River
In a reinvention of Henry IV, a young man must either stick with his bumbling criminal crew or uncover legit ways to support his mother and transgender Gramps.
T he world of the Cleveland stockyards and its denizens is brought to life with verve, skill and command" (Vulpes Libris)..
Praise for the novella, Mistakes by the Lake : "Full of action, movement, tension and shocks.
The collection and its stories have garnered numerous accolades: Finalist: Nilsen Prize (Southeast Missouri State University)
Winner: The Lake Prize in Fiction (Midwestern Gothic)
Shortlisted: The Novella Award (Liverpool John Moores University)
Shortlisted: Munster Literature Centre\'s Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition
Honorable Mention: Family Matters Contest (Glimmer Train).
Set in Cleveland, Ohio, from its earliest beginnings as a forested frontier to the urban blight of modern times, Mistakes by the Lake is a collection of ten thematically linked stories spanning the many faces of the city\'s history: A motorman navigates his 1920\'s back-and-forth trolley until he snaps
A stockyards knocker encounters the Virgin Mary during the 1954 World Series
A wannabe wrestles his unruly mind along the flammable 1960\'s Cuyahoga River
In a reinvention of Henry IV, a young man must either stick with his bumbling criminal crew or uncover legit ways to support his mother and transgender Gramps
