The townsfolk of Babel have a lot to talk about. So they come to Tongues Saloon to do it. From rumors about the Beatles and the Stones to tall tales about ancestors and near-truths about neighbors, it's just another Saturday night free-for-all. Husbands and wives snipe, friends cajole. Lovers flirt and first-dates fumble. But even as five couples gather to grieve for a lost friend, none of the Saloon's patrons could know that death sits among them. In his first published collection of short stories, Kevin Windorf creates an "engaging" cast of characters who bring to life memorable dialogue...

THE GATE is the latest page turner from the new master of suspense, Kevin John Windorf, whose "Call From The Cabin" was a favorite of NPR's "All Things Considered." David is excited to bring his wife Marianne and young daughter Emily to his friend's summer house on an isolated inlet on Virginia's Eastern Shore. But the late night drive changes his excitement to anxiety, and then to fear. Or is it just paranoia? No longer alone on the road, surrounded by darkness, responsible for the safety of his family, can David risk being wrong? And what will Marianne do when her own fears suddenly come to...