Fiction. Native American Studies. Charles Brashear is a storyteller extraordinaire...his eye for detail, his ear for dialogue, and his respect for the often complicated histories of Indian America are unmatched. - Joseph Bruchac. COMEUPPANCE AT KICKING HORSE CASINO AND OTHER STORIES is a powerful blending of voices from a perspective that is both timely and as old as the People of Turtle Island-- Lee Francis, University of New Mexico.

Saving Sand, Stories of a Prairie Culture During The Great Depression, is a story cycle, almost a novel, ...and written in the form of connected short stories, several of which have appeared in literary journals. The book follows my family from Jan 1934 when we moved to Olton in the Texas panhandle to Feb 1942, when the family left the farm to seek work in the shipyards in California. At the beginning of the period, life on the prairie was pretty much like it had been since greatgrandpas time; at the end, prairie culture had vanished

This volume contains descriptions of 1,245 books in nine fiction genres, including author or editor's name, publication information, story type, major characters, setting, plot summary, and more.

By identifying similarities in various books, this annual selection guide helps readers to independently choose titles of interest published in the last year.Each entry describes a separate book, listing everything readers need to know to make selections. Arranged by author within six genre sections, detailed entries provide: Title Publisher and publication dateSeriesNames and descriptions of charactersTime period and geographical settingReview citationsStory typesBrief plot summarySelected other books by the authorSimilar books by different authorsAuthor, title, series, character name, character description, time period, geographic setting and genre/sub-genre indexes are included to facilitate research.

Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.