A Dry Heat

Earnest, memorable tales grounded in life's joys, pains, and challenges...

-Kirkus Reviews

A superbly plotted set of shorts with a strong "boyhood" theme. Highly recommended!

-The Wishing Shelf

Darkly funny, beautifully crafted; an intense collection that plumbs the depths of boys' and men's lives.

-The Prairies Book Review

...a multi-layered, deeply human, and emotionally forensic collection of stories that proves hard to put down. Williams was an intrinsically talented author with a gift for nuance and observation, producing stories that veer between harsh reality and poetic magic...

-The Book Review Directory

Filled with depth and sentiment, each story in this distinguished and captivating collection leaves a lasting impression, as characters exhibit the shenanigans of boyhood, the angst of adolescence, or the wisdom that comes with age. Ranging from provocative to darkly humorous, heartbreaking to moving, and captivating to gripping, the collection makes for an incredibly poignant read.

-BookView Review

Through stories of childhood, working years, retirement, and even death, this collection is "the journey that is you"-an everyman's journey.

-US Review of Books by Mari Carlson

Although these stories do principally have an overarching theme of grief and loss, there is a warmth and positivity within them that shines with love and lust for life.

-Readers' Favorite by Grant Leishman

Gregory D. Williams crafts these vignettes from his own life experiences, which are steeped in the culture and arid environment of Phoenix, Arizona. A Dry Heat: Collected Stories should be in any literary short story library interested in works that capture a sense of place and purpose; particularly Arizona holdings.

-Midwest Book Review by D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer

While "brilliant" is used all too frequently in comments about works of fiction, the rich and myriad facets of the memorable writing in A Dry Heat well deserve such recognition.

-Readers' Favorite by Constance Stadler

In matters of the heart, a single lapse of judgment can prove fatal. Greg Williams is a terrific writer!

-Ron Carlson, author of Return to Oakpine