A native Floridian, Leland Durrance (Chip) Ballard, earned an AA degree at South Florida Junior College, and graduated with honors from the University of South Florida, with a BA in English. His feature stories and newspaper column, “Inside Out,” has run in many newspapers throughout the state. His short stories have won local, state and national awards and have been published in magazines. “The Snapshot & Other Stories: Tales From Flowing Wells” is his first collection of short stories, each of which is set in the same locale as his first novel, Peace River.

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The Snapshot & Other Stories: Tales From Flowing Wells

More than words on paper, more than a fascinating collection of short stories, this book brings to life the passions and pain of real people living life on the edge of the universe in rough, rugged, rural central Florida. A chronicle of life and living filled with so much emotion and drama, it will make you laugh and cry, and, in the end, leave you longing for more.