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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780976022510
ISBN number: 0976022516
Label: RMFW Press
Manufacturer: RMFW Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 176
Printing Date: September 01, 2007
Publishing house: RMFW Press
Sale Popularity Level: 1404062
Studio: RMFW Press
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You won't find the fictional Colorado town of Mistwillow on any map or atlas. Featuring an eclectic selection of stories dealing with subjects ranging from love, loss and longing to crime and passion, Tales from Mistwillow explores fate, passion, chaos and mystery amidst the serenity of Colorado's Rocky Mountains.
Outwardly serene, the town of Mistwillow lies nestled within the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Mistwillow, however, is anything but calm and quiet. Mysterious, bristling with chaos, Mistwillow beats with a pulse all its own, capturing the hearts and souls of visitors and residents alike. Sometimes, the town will release you after imprinting its indelible mark upon your soul. Other times, though, Mistwillow, like a jealous lover, refuses to let go once it has you within its fateful embrace.
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I guess the operative word here would be sophomoric. One has come to expect from "Western" writers such gems that have been offered up by Annie Proulx, Kent Haruf, Mark Spragg. This RMFW offering, sadly, doesn't live up to such expectations. This is a ho hum read, if that. Nothing inspiring here. Surely this group of Rocky Mountain writers can do better.
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The theme behind this superb eleven tale anthology is the title town Mistwillow in Colorado at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The contributions vary from a ghost sending faxes to his descendents to solve a family mystery ("Jilly and the Ghost" by Sally Clark) to a ghost returning home in an urn a century after his parents died in an earthquake ("Return Me to Mistwillow" by Terry Wright) to an amusing "Mistwillow Crime Wave" by Suzanne Young in which a dedicated sheriff receives several confessions on a homicide.
Each tale is well written by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers with many being haunting such as the Iraq war vet who comes to "Amy's World" by Cindi Myers or the serial killer who comes "Full Circle" from his childhood demons by Charlie Calloway. Others are grounded as the wife no longer accepts being a "Sparring Partner" by Jeff Shelby or the WWII home front drama of "Bingo" by Jedeane MacDonald in which a young woman leads amateurs fighting a fire on her very first day as fire chief. Whether it is political rivalries Steve and Jennie opening a time capsule ("It's About Time" by Janet Lane) or Addie learning "Death Lessons" at eight years old during WWI or Thomas adding a special ingredient to his "Kilning Spree" pottery (by Lauren Patten), all are fun to read. The anthology ranges from paranormal to suspense to mystery with no clinkers as readers will enjoy visiting the short stories that make up TALES FROM MISTWILLOW just like Amanda eventually does in "Mistwillow Day's" by Liz Hills.
Harriet Klausner
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