Mr. Stanford lives in a log cabin beside a meadow deep in the Alabama hills with his wife and two large dogs plus an elderly cat named Sunflower. He makes glass beads, casts an occasional metal fig...view moreMr. Stanford lives in a log cabin beside a meadow deep in the Alabama hills with his wife and two large dogs plus an elderly cat named Sunflower. He makes glass beads, casts an occasional metal figurine, and collects fossils. He is especially fond of Appalachian music, coon dogs who bay in the dark night skies, mules, persimmons and good country people. He recalls a former co-worker's words, "There's not going to be any telephones in heaven, nor fax machines either," and hopes to find a place further out of town.
This is Stanford's first novel, but he has three more in the writing process. The next one in print will either be a sequel telling more about the Stone folk and the Axe men or a southern novel stripped of many of that genre's overworked plot devices.view less