Love and Marriage and Other Early Stories

Award-winning short stories by William (Bill) Evenhouse, theFolksinger. A focus on family covers the ordinary to extraordinary. From kidnapping and murder to strip dancing and divorce, the author never loses the linkage of love.

Award-winning short stories by William (Bill) Evenhouse, theFolksinger. A focus on family covers the ordinary to extraordinary. From kidnapping and murder to strip dancing and divorce, the author never loses the linkage of love. These stories were written over a span of twenty years and range in location from the USA to Nigeria. Transcending personal experience, they clearly arise out of it. The author has been a teacher, a linguist, a recording artist, and a songwriter, and experience from all these are formative in the stories.

Known online as TheFolksinger, William (or Bill) Evenhouse has been a creator and performer of folksongs for many years. He was born and raised in the USA, educated at Calvin College, The University of Michigan, Michigan State, and other institutions as well. He worked for many years in Nigeria as a teacher of English, a linguist, and a musician. At present he lives in Cairo, Egypt with his wife Nelle. Part time he teaches guitar at The American University in Cairo. In addition to music, Bill is an accomplished creative writer and has won several awards for short stories and plays in the USA.