Heat Then Rain

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>On a sweltering summer night Cliffie Stotts slumps moodily in his yard unprepared for the onslaught of events awaiting him. His sleepy little town will be disrupted by the imperatives of revenge jealousy and religious fervor.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The evening's activities include abduction assault arson and-maybe-redemption. The proceedings draw in Cliffie's brother Curtis their ailing father Wade and a mysterious woman checked into the motor court on the town's border. Other participants include an odd recluse a spurned girlfriend the town drunk a wavering evangelical plus a loyal and kind-hearted dog.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What began as another dull evening on the edge of nowhere becomes an epicenter as turbulent as the thunderstorm that arrives to break but not dispel the stifling heat.</span></p>