Raining in Paradise

A wayward son encounters his late father's band of brothers. Kindred rebel spirits come together in the turbulent late '60s. A child grows up dreaming of Mars and of going there. In this collection of 17 short stories life at its most unexpected and inexplicable unfolds from the foothills of L.A. to the dappled skies of New England awaiting the unwary. Barrett McCloud is a short-story writer and poet. He resides in Southern California where he is inspired by the incandescent sea but also by the secrets revealed on rare gray days.