Black Bear Creek - by Joshua Cross (Paperback)

The fictional town of Black Bear Creek in West Virginia is the setting for Joshua Cross's debut story collection, which explores the lives of couples who marry too young due to poverty, life-altering injuries inflicted by mining dangers, and wounded men and women forced to be hard.

Despite the bleak backdrop, these stories reveal how the townspeople find ways to love, hope, and fight.

Cross's raw, spare prose captures the barren landscape as characters risk their bodies and lives just to feed their families.

This powerful collection will leave readers moved by the resilience of its characters in the face of adversity.