Barrooms. A raw, boozy ramble through the life of Mike MacDonnell - reluctant boss, fitful husband and wayward soul. Together with a ragtag cast of characters - bums, femme fatales, gin-soaked sages and madcaps - he shuffles from antic misadventure to violent confrontation, to the edge of nowhere and back again. Barrooms is a wry exploration of friendship, love, loss and the ineffable things that keep us defying the odds we book against ourselves.

Slate Run Annual is a collection of unique and fresh new voices draw exclusively from the Capital District area of upstate NY. Diverse in genre and style, Slate Run Annual presents a wide range of voices - literary fiction, humor, fantasy, science fiction and coming of age. So expansive a collection will doubtless present readers with something for every taste.