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Salty air, low lying clouds, and crooning of seagulls near the towering Astoria Column and the flowing Columbia River set the scene for Humanity’s Grace: A Linked Collection of Short Stories by Dede Montgomery [978-1-949290-72-1, GusGus Press, Bedazzled Ink, January 2022].
Montgomery intertwines the lives of several characters from her previous novel with the lives of new characters all uniquely connected to a murder in downtown Astoria, Oregon. Montgomery is the author of My Music Man, Beyond the Ripples, and Then, Now and In-Between: Place, Memories and Loss in Oregon. She is also an active blogger.