Stories, humor, images, and fly fishing guidance from time enjoyed on streams and rivers in Pennsylvania, and from more time enjoyed dreaming about them when their sounds, smells, and visions live only in memory.

A timeless hymn for the city of Pittsburgh, "Benevolent Change" follows Jack Angeletti, a self taught intellectual who struggles with his only daughter, Stephanie's college explorations. Now a part-time mechanic, Jack remains wary of formal education, and is even more sensitive to Stephanie, a former troubled drug addict youth and her post high school life. As she branches out at college with a sense of freedom, Jack finds himself investigating her college life by impersonating a college professor on campus and lecturing to students who fall in love with him. Covering a time period of roughly...

Soooo, how do you get rid of a man who you really really want to lose, but you sort of like him so much to the point where you really like him but are annoyed by him too, so much that you can't sometimes stand him but love him the same so you put the worst of you out there for him to see, and he isn't phased at all, he's there at night, he's there in the morning, you've enjoyed three full days together, he listens really good, and then you accept that you can't get rid of the man but you still want to, but secretly don't want to, and definitely want to keep him around all the time. Or maybe...

This collection of stories and novellas by emerging author, Rusty Lofgren includes the drama thriller story, "A Knock At The Door," the childhood drama novella, "Being Friends With Billy Logan," the romantic comedy story, "They Fell," the travel drama novella, "The Serenity," and the romance drama story, "Buddha Archer" all held together with tape and glue.

The Polish daughter of a former officer in the Imperial National Guard, and her lover, are questioned by the CIA during post World War II America regarding her father's location, hoping to protect the Rada Polonii and efforts helping Polish refugees, while her father is mistakenly suspected of being a Soviet spy.

A billionaire widower, Richard, and his daughter, Mattie, befriend a struggling waiter, Owen, in Vancouver, British Columbia and invite him on a four day Pacific cruise on board their private yacht, The Serenity. When short travels are extended across The Pacific to Asia and beyond, and past troubles regrettably surface, destroying their new love and friendship, all seems lost at sea, save the ship. Her voyage ultimately saves what was initially found among all the nine passengers. Love.