The Brightness Index

A collection of stories that acknowledge the magic in ordinary people, each with wonderful humor, quirky characters, and an element of O Henry. Meet Stacy, a down-and-out waitress who is about to be fired until she goes on an unlikely quest and becomes the restaurant's hero. An English woman moves to Tucson so she can see the sunsets that she associates with her mother who died when she was a child. Crazy Ted is a self-made cowboy from Pennsylvania who falls in love with a beautiful Navajo woman. Tattoo Tommy is a born-again-Christian tattoo artists who searches his mind for the perfect tattoo that will complete him. A college student can't get out of her lease in the haunted house she lives in until a mysterious pizza delivery guy saves the day. For only $0.99, you can escape into the wondrous world of the American Southwest and immerse into what Midwest Book Review has called "exceptional reads."