Ray Atkins

represented by Jeanie Pantelakis

Raymond L. Atkins resides in Rome, Georgia.  His short stories have been published in Christmas Stories from Georgia, Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes, The Blood and Fire Review, The Old Red Kimono, Long Island Woman, and Savannah Magazine.  His columns have appeared in numerous publications, including The Rome News-Tribune, Memphis Downtowner Magazine, The Baby Boomer News, and Like the Dew.  His first novel—The Front Porch Prophet—was released by Medallion Press in July of 2008 and went on to win the 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award for First Novel as well as the Independent Publishers Book Award for Best Regional Fiction.  His second novel—Sorrow Wood—was released by Medallion Press in June of 2009 to critical acclaim.  Atlanta Magazine called it a “darkly humorous, casually clever mystery.”  Publishers Weekly praised its “subtle humor and pitch-perfect prose.”  Sorrow Wood was a shortlist finalist for the 2010 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Fiction.  He is currently drafting his fourth novel, Sweetwater Blues. http://www.raymondlatkins.com/

Camp Redemption

published by Mercer University Press

A teenage Hispanic boy runs away from home after his father beats him and leaves him in a ditch. He ends up where he is supposed to be, Camp Redemption. The paths of  Ivey, Early, and him were bound to cross since Ivey had her premonition that Jesus was going to save the camp. His name is Jesus.

Siblings Ivey and Early Willingham run Camp Redemption, a summer Bible camp in a North Georgia valley that has belonged to their family for over 200 years. Each year in business has been better than the last for the Willinghams, but this year may prove to be the exception. Ivey has been endowed with the Sight since she was a small child, and as usual, she has been in communication with those who have crossed to the other side. Thus she has been alerted to the storm bearing down upon Camp Redemption; winds of change that will alter the lives of the Willinghams forever.

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