Dumbarton Ghosts — Mark Ellis

Dumbarton Ghosts chronicles the life-changing moments of characters faced with metaphorical versions of San Francisco Bay's most infamous bridge, a bridge doomed and risen. Through eleven eclectic tales, choice and fate attend each crossing. From the abyss, the cumulative madness of our era beckons. A love poem to the South Bay, the title story becomes universal as a couple struggles with infertility and the myths of phantoms. “Napa High” takes a left turn into Wine Country, altered states, and a young girl's glimpse of freedom. In “The Earliest Model,” events take a Joycian turn for a boy who discovers there is something to fear at his favorite aunt's house.