"The bones and the stories that you seek are far from here. You must go to the place of your own Dreamtime. You have what you need. Go. Go now."

These are the words that folklorist and wanna-be dinosaur hunter Allison Swenson O'Conner hears from a mysterious Aborigine who comes to her in a dream on a dinosaur dig deep in the Australian Outback. They set in motion a series of cryptic and prophetic events that soon find Allie back on the windswept plains of her native South Dakota, and include the dinosaur find of a lifetime. Along the way, Allie is joined by a wild cast of characters that...

"The bones and the stories that you seek are far from here. You must go to the place of your own Dreamtime. You have what you need. Go. Go now."

These are the words that folklorist and wanna-be dinosaur hunter Allison Swenson O'Conner hears from a mysterious Aborigine who comes to her in a dream on a dinosaur dig deep in the Australian Outback. They set in motion a series of cryptic and prophetic events that soon find Allie back on the windswept plains of her native South Dakota, and include the dinosaur find of a lifetime. Along the way, Allie is joined by a wild cast of characters that...

A pair of con artists working on their latest scam. A stripper dreaming of the life of a factory worker. A factory worker dreaming of the life of a stripper. A neighborhood cat in search of a free meal. An ex-ballerina trying to find the courage to face yet another day. These are just a few of the characters who come to life in this collection of short -short stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper.