A L Gates: 5 books

Riveting, raw and macabre. Three words that sum up the collection of short stories you will find in AL Gates’ Scenic City Café, where life (and death) are not always what they seem. His beloved Chattanooga, TN is often the backdrop for these stories, several of which have been published in writing...

Take a few minutes and pick around the things in A. L. Gates' mind. Two old men happen upon each other in a Chattanooga park. One black...one white...They get to know each other and their deep, dark secrets. Also, let Chip clean & fold your laundry and sully your mind in this dark twisted tale set in East Ridge, Tennessee. 

The master of Southern Supernatural Fiction is back with ten short stories whose roots are entwined in the buckle of the Bible Belt. An old man stumbles into a dingy bar and makes a group of bikers come to grips with who they really are...A boy's connection to the Cherokee Spirits is on display...

Two talented teenage boys deal with growing up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the shadow of Lookout Mountain, Travis & Willie deal with the old ways while creating new traditions. The two boys come to grips with what is and is not important.