Jimmy Heffernan

Plexus Publishing, Inc. announced a slate of events celebrating the June 24 publication of The Legendary Pine Barrens: New Tales From Old Haunts, the latest collection of short stories by Paul Evans Pedersen Jr. The book features 21 new stories by Pedersen along with 17 original illustrations by Jodi Weiss Pedersen. A rogue's gallery of weird and colorful characters appear in tales that run the gamut from offbeat explanations of natural phenomena to unconventional takes on popular legends to strange doings in mysterious Piney towns and taverns.

Plexus Publishing, Inc. announced a slate of events celebrating the June 24 publication of The Legendary Pine Barrens: New Tales From Old Haunts, the latest collection of short stories by Paul Evans Pedersen Jr. The book features 21 new stories by Pedersen along with 17 original illustrations by Jodi Weiss Pedersen. A rogue's gallery of weird and colorful characters appear in tales that run the gamut from offbeat explanations of natural phenomena to unconventional takes on popular legends to strange doings in mysterious Piney towns and taverns.

Old dramatic chestnuts get a healthy workout in this two-person story of young meets old, washed up meets on the rise and substance abuser meets… well, substance abuser