TURKEYFOOT by Rick Childers is a story of lost souls and the innocents unable to escape their destructive orbit; a story set amidst the melancholic beauty of today’s Appalachia. A story to humanize the damage and destruction the opioid epidemic has dealt to rural communities across the country. Such a description may echo with familiarity, but make no mistake, TURKEYFOOT, the eponymous tale, quickly and firmly finds its footing in the small Appalachian town where its people have sought joy and sustenance in a place that offers little of either and few of life’s modern comforts—and that’s without the corrosive force of widespread addiction.

It’s a surprising and evocative story, one that never takes the easy way. My full review on Goodreads is here. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7025745576