A son accompanies his father on a business trip that takes an unexpected turn in The Beyrayers. A woman mourns the loss of her twin in Alice. One man's success draws the vicious jealousy of his entire town in Ropey Jones. A Russian revolutionary soldier miraculously escapes death at the hands of a firing squad in A Ghost Story. Two virtual strangers tell each other secrets in Kate Lesand. The Miller's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Canterbury Tales is retold as a contemporary story of love and foolishness in The Bartender's Tale, and the myth of Medea is recast in the form of broadcast news...

In these semi-autobiographical stories the author recreates his sometimes mischievous youth during the 1950's and 1960's living in a small town in northern California; tales of wrecking buildings, card sharks, dirt track racing, a night spent in jail, and travels around the United States; then in the 1970's his ten month stay in the Cotswolds in England as a student of G.I. Gurdjieff's disciple, John G. Bennett; and later, after settling into the practice of law his introduction to fly fishing at famous Hat Creek in the shadow of Mt. Shasta, reflections on the celebrities he "almost" met, and...

Lumber baron Elias Brown has never let any man stand in his way. So when logger David Collins is accidentally sprayed with a deadly experimental herbicide while working on Brown's land, the self-styled "King Of The Forests" denies the incident ever took place, fatally setting in motion a series of events which will bring his empire to its knees. Following in the wake of recent headlines regarding the toxic effects of herbicides, this exciting screenplay addresses one of the most important environmental issues of our time: How the widespread use of chemical substances is effecting our health...