A collection of ten short stories set largely on Chicago's West Side, written over a span of twenty years (1975-1995), that focus on residents of a part of the city whose day-to-day lives have rarely if ever been immortalized in fiction. The anthology features the eponymous "Candle in the Dark," winner of the 1975 Triton College New Writer's Workshop Award for best short story, published in the Fall 1980 issue of AIM Magazine, and the story "Beatitude" originally published as "Brunswick Stew" in the collection West Side Stories, by City Stoop Press in 1993. Other published stories in the collection include: "Day Work," previously published in the Spring 1985 issue of AIM Magazine and the stories "A Qualified Prospect," (1996); "A Mortgage Burning Party," (1996); and "The Derelict" (1996), all published previously in Guildworks: Writing by the West Side Writers Guild published by Blacksmith Press.
A collection of ten short stories set largely on Chicago's West Side, written over a span of twenty years (1975-1995), that focus on residents of a part of the city whose day-to-day lives have rarely if ever been immortalized in fiction. The anthology features the eponymous "Candle in the Dark," winner of the 1975 Triton College New Writer's Workshop Award for best short story, published in the Fall 1980 issue of AIM Magazine, and the story "Beatitude" originally published as "Brunswick Stew" in the collection West Side Stories, by City Stoop Press in 1993. Other published stories in the collection include: "Day Work," previously published in the Spring 1985 issue of AIM Magazine and the stories "A Qualified Prospect," (1996); "A Mortgage Burning Party," (1996); and "The Derelict" (1996), all published previously in Guildworks: Writing by the West Side Writers Guild published by Blacksmith Press.
"Candles in the Dark" is an international compendium of essays that share a sense of the importance of introducing ethical and spiritual concepts and values into the public discourse on progress and...
After VietNam, his daughter's death and a double lung transplant, Dave Sikesfinds hope in this story about the small miracles of life that helpedone family overcome unthinkable obstacles.
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