The author presents for your entertainment this second collection of Hill Country Stories. The pieces range widely in their content and subject. On one hand, there is the historically based THE NAZIS COME TO APPALACHIA about the German Prisoners-of-War brought to the region during World War II and about the mystery of what they left behind. On the other hand, there is the bizarre account of KNOXVILLE'S FLYING CHARLIE. In between the extremes, you will find fanciful, mystical, playful, and not-so-playful slice-of-life vignettes. All are provided for your enjoyment with a bit of...

Charles and Eva, 79 and 92, respectively, are not too old to love, live together, laugh, and pull antics that are the entertainment for a tightknit neighborhood of unusual characters in 1970's New Orleans. Supported and protected by those living around, they are as happy and secure as the very old and poor without kin can be. That was the case, at least, before the hurricane struck, its waves surging through the streets with incredible force, inundating stable neighborhoods, and providing the ultimate challenge to those in the city like Charles and Eva. Hurricanes, like Katrina and Camille,...