Yes, They're Real: A Complete Collection of Creative Nonfiction

Yes, They’re Real is a uniquely provocative collection of short stories from up-and-coming authors in Northeast Florida. The twelve original works by Sam Bilheimer, Sarah Block, Summer Brooks, Thomas Eadie, JJ Grindstaff, April Hutchinson, Benjamin Liff, Heather Peters, Matt Randall, Michael Selvester, Travis Wildes and Andrew Wilkins are forever linked by each author’s perspective of what the genre can resemble and their personal vision of the journey that takes place while writing creative nonfiction. With a special introduction from Mark Ari.Discover identity amidst the confines of a comic book shop. Step outside the classroom with an English teacher in central China. Learn if cats are better than kids. Embark on an adolescent drug phase with a pair of high school girls. Explore the streets of Tokyo and its multitude of drink machines. Witness the bond that develops between two surfers after one’s life-changing accident. Feel what it’s like to outgrow your friends on the road to a big concert. Experience these and more to answer the question, “Are they?”