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The first collection of award-winning short fiction from the author of Bellflower and Things to See in Arizona, whose writing shows “how we can endure and overcome our personal histories, better understand our ancestral ones, and accept the unknown future ahead.”

In these twelve stories, Mary Vensel White’s characters face turning points. Whether backed against a wall, reeling from a loss, or forced to confront a painful truth, they doggedly pursue the glimmer of possibility shining on the horizon.

In “Driftwood,” a woman in a sleepy desert town willingly jumps into the back of a stranger’s pickup. In “Prism,” the young daughter of an unstable, pregnant mother struggles with conflicting feelings about her new stepfather. In “Griffin,” an organized wife struggles to keep her family together and manage her husband’s mental illness. And in the title story, “Resonant Blue,” an egotistical architect shatters everything around him as he tries to connect with his loved ones and build a better life. A game show for those seeking love, a family wedding that unveils another secret union, a woman’s impulsive trip to Greece to find her first love…RESONANT BLUE AND OTHER STORIES celebrates human resilience and the ability to always find a road not taken.