Jerry Craven

New                                                         

For lovers of true stories and lovers of well-crafted stories

• a collection of short stories that happen to be true

• set in Texas and Venezuela

• written with the support of a grant from The Texas Commission on the Arts

• includes stories that have won national and regional awards

• cover art: "Paradise Tanager" by Tommy Humphrey

• From Slough Press

Now available; order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or the bookstore of your choice.

Coming soon from

           Mongrel Empire Press

Most of the stories in this collection have been published in journals and anthologies, and some have won awards.

New                                                         

A modern Nancy Drew type of mystery set in the deep East Texas forests, a novel featuring

• teenager Brooke Singh who must solve the mystery of a who stole an ancient ruby

• a cat named Dao that rides in a backback

• two helpful sidekicks

• a trickster crow and a pet racoon that is no pet

• a gypsy king

• some dangerous backwoodsmen 

• Artwork by Amy Ness

     just released from SloughPress 

Order from on-line or local bookstores 

A novel set in the 1870s in the wildest part of the American frontier--the East Texas Big Thicket