Epic Cures brings together twenty-two short stories by award-winning master storyteller Tom Sheehan. Alan Lupo, of the Boston Globe, says, "Tom Sheehan dissects the life of everyman, for in peace and war and all the trauma and joy in between, he has known everyman. He masters the details of memory, in sight, sound, smell and feel, so that memory becomes memorable. Sheehan has the soul of John Dos Passos, of Carl Sandburg." Sheehan offers the cure for those readers who believe that only the novel can deliver the epic tale.

The stories in Brief Cases, Short Spans cover a range of time and places, from the fields of France in World War II to mid-century small town New England life. Their common link is the human element, for Tom Sheehan is a master at creating compelling and real characters. Above all else, the stories in Brief Cases, Short Spans are stories of love: young love, mature love, the love between families, and the love between comrades in arms. Sheehan s characters leap off the page until it feels as if you ve known them forever, and you ll want to come back and visit them time and time again."

In this collection of fables and fairytales, Tom Sheehan reveals himself a first-class storyteller, using other-world magic to enact justice. Tom is a 28-time Pushcart Prize nominee, is comfortable writing in several different genres and makes it a point to create each and every day. Sheehan served in the 31st Infantry, Korea 1951-52, and graduated Boston College in 1956.