title: A River of Tears
author: Walker, Raymond
description: This collection of six short stories--all based around a river--tell of hope and loss, tragedy and abiding love, despair and contentment. Much as the river shapes the characters by its presence so does it enter their lives and change them often in ways they could not imagine. These are tales of magic and mystery, river sprites and faerie queens, werebeasts, nymphs and dryads. And they are tales of ordinary everyday people caught in situations beyond their control.