The Kellys of Kingsclear follows the Kelly family from Colonial New Jersey to the shores of the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada, after the American Revolution. John Kelly chose to support the British in the American War of Independence, and this is the story of the consequences of his decision. This comprehensive study of the Kelly family in America and Canada is a documentary compilation of material gathered from dozens of published sources and archives. Numerous family anecdotes and photographs are included. By following the history of this one family, any reader interested in...

Etched in vivid detail, journal entries written by a woman, who has returned to Maine's St. John River Valley, document her harrowing journey through a gauntlet of abuse, disappointment and cancelled dreams. Added to this novella are two stories containing a cast of characters whose struggles with sexual identity and grief lead us from the shores of the St. Lawrence River in the 19th Century to Portland Maine, in the 1980s. Another story set in Maine's St. John River Valley, contains a series of monologues, replete with raucous and often macabre humor, delivered by members of a community...

During the deathwatch for Martha O'Shea a community comes to life as the three women sitting up with Martha confront their demons. Annie, who still defies every rule in her rural community, keeps everyone on edge, and, true to form, her revelations in regard to her brother, who supposedly died in an accident, brings everyone to their knees. The Passing of Martha O'Shea contains the title novella (a semi-finalist selection in the 1998 Pirate's Alley Faulkner Novella Competition) as well as three other stories, two of which appeared in Christopher Street and The James White Review. From the...