Discouraging at Best, by John Edward Lawson Ashes were placed within rings

Ashes were placed within rings

Mokwa and Little Deer

has an illness she can't seem to shake-and Vic

Sick of hiding in the wings

and unsettled over his future

Discouraging at Best, by John Edward Lawson Ashes were placed within ringsAlready known for his works of speculative fiction, author John Edward Lawson uses Discouraging at Best to take a look at the "real" world. On the pages within are five interlinked tales that, when pieced together, paint a panorama of apathy, greed, and manipulation. We follow the self inflicted plight of working class families and their efforts to step on others in the race to get ahead. We watch the petty wars of Nobel laureates. We become immersed