The Healing Ground: Stories from the Contemporary American South

In this second collection of short fiction, James William Gardner presents forty new stories of the American south. From the humorous to the tragic, Gardner transports the reader into a world where fascinating and often eccentric characters abound. Existential threads run through each of these works, tying them together and weaving them into a colorful tapestry, creating a unique experience that reveals the people and places the author clearly loves so much.