Written by Raven Theatre's very own Ensemble Member John Weagly, this collection of short stories chronicles the legends and lives of Currie Valley - a hazy little town on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi. It's a quiet place, filled with ex-wrestlers, a bandit dreaming of glory and fame, a mistreated werewolf and love in a meteor shower. In Currie Valley, as with any good undertow, you might just get carried away.

What the critics say...

"Exuberant." ~ Chicago Tribune

"Appealingly quirky." ~ Chicago Sun-Times

"John Weagly uses his unique humor and warped imagination to examine the fringes of popular culture and attacks them with two-fisted whimsy." ~Craig Shaw Gardner, author of the Dragon Circle series

"Want a little magic, or is it divine retribution? You’ll feel the sharp edge of John Weagly’s wit, often delivered with an O.Henry twist." ~Jody Lynn Nye, author of the Mythology 101 Series.

"…Weagly has taken the structure of storytelling, shook it up, made a mad incision, then turned it inside out." ~The Bloomington Voice

"John Weagly combines a sly sense of humor with a talent for the truly eerie. The Undertow of Small Town Dreams is a fun collection of stories. I recommend it." ~Barbara D’Amato, the Cat Marsalla mysteries.

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ABOUT: John Weagly has had over 25 plays produced by theaters across the country and over 50 short stories and poems published in a variety of mediums. In both 2003 and 2006 he was nominated for Derringer Awards for best short-short mystery story of the year and in 2004 he won the Norumbega Fiction Hamlin Award for Best Short Story Collection for "The Undertow of Small Town Dreams." John has toured the US as a writer/performer with "Authorized Personnel: A Comedy and Improv Team" and is editor/publisher for Iguana Publications, a line of dark and quirky chapbooks. He currently lives in Chicago with several felines and a couple well protected fish tanks.