Well over 200 entries to the Literary Division of the San Mateo County Fair are printed in this unusual anthology of short stories, essays, memoirs and poetry from both published and non-published authors. Enjoy the broad spectrum of literary talent in Silicon Valley. Enjoy writing by Kevin Arnold, Doug Baird, William Baldwin, Sue Barizon, Maria Barr, Rita Beach, Camincha Benvenutto, Patricia Bradley, Anastasia Breeze, Linda Brown, Katie Burke, Pat Callaway, Jo Carpignano, Nichole Justine Cavanaugh, Derrick Chin, Jane Christmas, Sue Cobian, Mary Ruth, Erin Deinzer, Ryann Murin Desouza,...

Stories, poems and essays from the San Mateo County Fair. Authors include P. John Anderson, Adrianne Aron, Sheena Arora, Vanessa Baker-Simon, William Baldwin, Ezra Barany, Gloria Bares, Sue Barizon, Maria Barr, Robert Barrows, Bill Baynes, Pastor Bejinez, Camincha Benevenutto, Lisa Boragine, Linda Brown, Shannon Brown, Shelley Buck, Katie Burke, Donna Buttlaire, T.M. Caldwell, Pat Callaway, Kathleen Canrinus, Jo Carpignano, Nicole Justine Cavanaugh, Mary Ruth Coffey, Eric Crowell, Adam Daly, Carolyn Donnell, Greg Erion, Elizabeth Fajardo, Colleen Fliedner, Bernadine Fornesi, Stanley...

Trez Evans is so drunk and so sick of her novel that one hot September morning, she sets up portable barbeques on her tennis court and burns all 5000 pages. Not only does she set fire to various drafts written over the past ten years, but she also tosses in the props she's collected along the way. Children's shoes, a dress or two, pedal pushers typical of the 1950s. Her life takes a 180 when the cops come to investigate the smoke. Coincidentally, a child has gone missing nearby. Is Trez just another crazy erstwhile author or is there something more sinister?