Texas Bound II, 8 by 8 - Kay Cattarulla

Here is a new selection of stories from the sellout "Texas Bound" segment of the "Arts & Letters Live" literary series at the Dallas Museum of Art. Among the eight stories?which range from poignant to uproarious ?are Matt Clark's surprise-packed fantasy, "The West Texas Sprouting of Loman Happenstance," read by Brent Spiner (aka Lt. Cmdr. Data of Star Trek); Miles Wilson's classic tale of a has-been poet on the downward track, "On Tour with Max," read by John Benjamin Hickey; Mary Flatten's bittersweet other-woman story, "Old Enough," read by Julie White (Nadine in television's Grace Under Fire); and Janet Peery's haunting domestic tragedy, "What the Thunder Said," read by Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates.