Touch Your Defenses: A life in stories. -- Jeff Sykes, Paperback Potomak This unapologetic honesty is perhaps

This unapologetic honesty is perhaps the hallmark of any true poet-the bravery to articulate one's deepest desires and concerns

Lilith's Brood is a profoundly evocative

J Dilla has become a demigod

Their investigation into the girl's murder leads to more bodies

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Touch Your Defenses: A life in stories. -- Jeff Sykes, Paperback Potomak This unapologetic honesty is perhapsTouch Your Defenses contains 12 short stories and a novella length newsroom drama. The stories are existential coming of age tales set in the upper Piedmont of North Carolina and the western mountains. These stories provide a glimpse into the evolution of a life in North Carolina from the post Vietnam era to the dawning of globalism and social media. Characters search for love and connectivity but too often find themselves moving back to isolation and