A meandering gothic tale with shrouded, deeper meaning submerged within its tumultuous emotional depths (exploring the paradigm of twin flames). Sequels include Law of Talon, Light Coffee Talk, Barn Door Heaven, and Here's Looking at You: Sweet, Vulnerable Souls. http: //lorivekre.wix.com/the-boo

Roger Vekre was a man of simply tastes-give him a good book to read, a cigarette dangling from his hand (with another one waiting to be lit) and a frothy beer in the other hand-and he was a happy man. Except for one thing-he didn't see his kids enough. He was known to get drunk in the bars and bring what willing chaps he could find home with him to gaze lovingly at the little tykes as they slept. Only it wasn't quite his home anymore and the ex-wife was known to call the cops on him for his late night shenanigans. He thought his late night excursions were funny: she thought they were scary....

To laud the life of a father, capturing unfathomable undertones: "My father is a very complex man-a very misunderstood man-full of enigma." At the end of The Elevator Maker], the daughter discovers how esoteric her father really is. In "The Elevator Maker's Daughter," fragile, disconnected threads pick up with an otherworldly father..."The journey she was on was one of the most mystical, but also one of the most heart-wrenching times in her life."

A Native American couple who barely know each other travel from state to state in the 1980s with their newborn child. "My mom has come to visit me to see the new baby. She brought an old, cracked Mason jar full of colorful corn kernels as a gift. When she was describing the significance of the gift she got the far away look in her eyes. She said, 'Please make sure to protect the seeds to ensure their safety during the seed wars.' Then she shook herself off and smiled at me shyly. My ma gets like this sometimes. She says that sometimes her words aren't her own but are coming through her from...

Fala has a lot on her mind. Strange premonitions are coming forth by an unseen essence-and signs of more omens are brewing. She has a six month old baby boy and she is pregnant with her next child. Of Native American ancestry, Fala is too far apart from her past to know how its horrendous, but glorious roots are affecting her family in the present. But Fala is a true trouper. She keeps plodding away in her stoic innocence that everything is going to be all right and everything is already exactly as it should be. "Fala ? You do have a lot on your mind - death, birth, white man's religion - and...

Fala was crossing off each day of the calendar as she had been doing for three months now. Life as a nursing student had become one hard day after another-with no relief in sight. When you stay too long where your soul doesn't belong your soul can become ensnared and then your true essence becomes crusted over and you can never leave. Three months ago she had started allowing herself visits from a suitor. When he asked her to marry, she promptly said yes and left nursing school. Her soul had been longing for love, and what love brings, for over a year now. When you leave one soul entrapment...

Fala was crossing off each day of the calendar as she had been doing for three months now. Life as a nursing student had become one hard day after another - with no relief in sight. When you stay too long where your soul doesn't belong your soul can become ensnared and then your true essence becomes crusted over and you can never leave. Three months ago she had started allowing herself visits from a suitor. When Awan, with only his big blue eyes peeking over the helmet, arrived on his motorcycle to visit her - she was smitten. When he played the piano at the people's house where she was...

Fala was crossing off each day of the calendar as she had been doing for three months now. Life as a nursing student had become one hard day after another-with no relief in sight. When you stay too long where your soul doesn't belong your soul can become ensnared and then your true essence becomes crusted over and you can never leave. Three months ago she had started allowing herself visits from a suitor. When Awan, with only his big, blue eyes peeking over the helmet arrived on his motorcycle to visit her - she was smitten. When he played the piano at the people's house where she was...

Fala has been up and down and all around. She has been very patient in a marriage, or lack of one, for five years now. She continues to live alone. Yes, she has a husband, but his work takes him far away and for many weeks at a time. If one of her children cries when he calls, Awon, the absent father, threatens to not call again for several days and then makes good on his threats. Now whenever he calls, Fala shushes the children's strangled sobs when they are talking to their father on the phone. Although it breaks her heart to do so, hearing Awon's voice a couple times a week is the only...

When they sent my mother away to one of the missionary boarding schools, her papa's words were the only thing that kept her going. He said, "The dandelion? People in the cities kill it every year from their yards. It is not a weed to kill. It is a wholesome growing thing that heals. You are not an unwanted weed. You are a healing force that reckons. You are as beautiful as the fly away dandelion ring " I mean, that is confusing too: all these little Indian kids wanting to stay home with their families and instead the government forces them to go to the boarding schools, especially if the...