Appalachian Region -- Fiction

Overview "The lives of the queer community blend the mythic with the postmodern against the backdrop of a small, southern Appalachian town ravaged by the exploitation of the wealthy Vandermoor family. The leaders of local queer biker gangs and radical queer separatists face off against longtime enemies, a local chapter of the KKK in a politically-charged campaign of violence and retribution, and through it all, Bailey Hardin, a twenty-seven year old bartender, dreams of running away and finding a...

Overview "Morel Season is a collection of gritty short stories by Coltt Winter Lepley that depict struggles new and old based around characters all subtly connected to the fictional area of Laurel County existing in the Appalachia region of the United States. Stories in this collection focus around the relationships and hard times of characters who are trying to navigate their way through the ash pile of the mythical American Dream, or at least what's offered to them from a region often overlooked,...