The Pelican Child: Stories Special Order and a child caught in

and a child caught in the riptide of America’s culture wars

Where does the dark go when the light comes on

Stella has two powerful assets: determination and a supernatural gift

a pregnant young woman

but they’re on a collision course with each other and the mystery that has defined Maple Bay for two centuries

The Pelican Child: Stories Special Order and a child caught inA razor sharp new collection of stories of visionary childhood misfits and struggling adult dreamers from this legendary writer of perfectly indescribable fiction . . . To read Williams is to look into the abyss (The Atlantic). Night was best, for, as everyone knows, but does not tell, the sobbing of the earth is most audible at night. Men are but unconscious machines and they perform their cruelties so effortlessly. Caring was a power shed once