Circling the Inferno

The stories collected here often lean into science fiction and fantasy, where others are wry observations from ordinary situations. Longer stories were previously published in River Babble, the Bay to Ocean Anthology, and The Write Launch. ??Joan Drescher Cooper divides her days between home on Maryland's Eastern Shore and teaching in Baltimore. Avid cook, gardener, and master dog walker, she also enjoys days spent with her own children and grandchildren. She is a founding member of the Salisbury Writers Group, and active in the Maryland Writers Association and the Eastern Shore Writers Association.