Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Filled with images of the beauty of nature - the colors of the sunset, the feel of the wind with the approach of winter, the tastes of food in a cabin or from a campfire, the sound of quail and coyotes on a Texas ranch - the short stories and novellas of J. Kent Gregory explore the basic human yearning for the peace and healing found in the natural world. 'A Place Apart' is a lyrical description of finding an untouched, separate, liminal dell. 'Scouting with My Daddy', told from the perspective of a young boy, describes his introduction to the beauties and thrills of the woods by his protective father. In the title short story, 'Sanctuary', two friends meet on a river near Canada to fish and find peace in the waning days of summer. 'On the Gulf' follows one of the two friends as he escapes the Northern cold and a failing relationship to fish the surf and the Gulf Stream where he finds connection and shared loss with a trophy sailfish. In 'The Forge' the two friends come together to fight a dangerous fire in the Valley of Virginia. The narrator of 'Free and Happy, Wherever Home Is' discovers, to his surprise, a love for the land and animals on a dry Texas ranch. 'A Café Scene' is a short vignette where the narrator looks ahead from the waning of winter to summer amid a feast of the senses. In 'Solitude' an older man, alone with his dog, gets in one last pheasant hunt before a winter storm and the unwanted arrival of visitors. In the final story, 'Healing Waters', the narrator flies out West after a devastating loss to meet a young woman who introduces him to the rivers and waters of the Cascades and the Coastal Range.
