Dealing with the Demon and Other Stories

Five stories of five people who struggle to survive on the fringes of society. - Jerry, a homeless veteran with PTS who doesn’t need more trouble in the form of drug dealers who think he may have witnessed a murder, or an injured stray dog he drags out of the rain into his ragged shelter... or a demon. - Ruth, a young mother abandoned on a drought-stricken farm by her husband and family. - Joe, a recently paroled convict who has become a project for his aunt’s stern church auxiliary group. - Crystal, whose children were sent to foster care, wants desperately to reclaim them and give them a better life than she ever had. - And Harry, who has lost pretty much everything—his job, his wife, his house—and will take any job offered to him.