Winterswim

Pastor Sheldon Long was born of the woods, raised in a secludedcabin by a mute mother and an abusive father who preached God's vengeance.Forced to take control of his own destiny, Pastor Long found God in his ownway, melded with the mythologies of his mother's tribe. Now he's out to sendthe wicked, as he has judged them, to heaven.Steven, Pastor Long's son, is simultaneously pining for hisformer babysitter who has moved to Hollywood and crushing on nearly every girlhe goes to school with. Soon his preoccupation with the opposite sex lures himinto investigating a string of drownings that local police are declaringaccidents.Ryan W. Bradley's novella Winterswim weavesreligiosity and mythology into a tale of drugs, sex, and murder set against thefrozen backdrop of blue-collar Alaska.