— Stories —

Faded Flowers, Wilted Weeds

This story collection spans a century. The McCorty and Lavetti families move through rural Ohio and the Bronx, Hearst Castle and the cemeteries of Belgium, the kitchens of Pasadena and the parking lots of the present-day Rust Belt.

Pill heads and the children who try to save them. A projectionist whose resentment becomes violence. A war survivor confronting his brother's death. Foster kids and the houses they're abandoned in. Two families moving toward each other across a hundred years.

A book about whether bitterness, once it enters a family, can ever be broken.

— About the Author —

Dakota Crane Denver is a writer of literary short fiction. He lives in Los Angeles. His books include Faded Flowers, Wilted Weeds, a story collection, and Pointing Skyward, a book of poems and short prose.