Jim Haigler spent his early years in the Goodyear Mill Village called Atco, in the Northwest Georgia foothills, the venue for most of the stories in this collection. He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Georgia Tech in 1967. He has been in practice for thirty-five years in Cartersville, the small town that annexed the village where he was raised. Jim has always been active in the visual and performing arts, but this is the first serious literary undertaking. His artistic training and experience have enhanced his ability to visualize a story's backdrop and to communicate that image effectively through the written word.