Short Story Collection Explores Spiritual, Healing Aspects of Flyfishing
The stories which make up the collection "Dry Fly Gospel" by Terry Coffey of New Castle, Ind., share the common theme of fly-fishing.

NEW CASTLE, IN, April 16, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- An Indiana writer has released his first collection of short stories. The stories which make up the collection "Dry Fly Gospel" by Terry Coffey of New Castle, Ind., share the common theme of fly-fishing. The characters in the stories struggle with major life changes, and in many cases receive a certain amount of hope thanks to the "Good News" about fly-fishing (that it's good for you).

The stories include "Dry Fly Gospel: Excerpts from the long-lost fishing journal of the disciple John" (originally published in the Yale Anglers Journal); "These Fishers Tell the Infirmities of Men" (originally published in Kaleidoscope) in which war veterans recuperate from the worst wounds of all, those of the mind and soul; "Attracted to Light," part epistle and part self-realization; and "The One That Got Away" (first published on www.flyfish.com), which is best described as "X-Files" meets fly-fishing. In between you'll find a fly-fishing nun, a confused grandmother, a tree of mythic proportions and a guide who solves "dirty little problems" like poor casting technique in a send-up of the hardboiled genre.

"Although these stories are all at some level about fly-fishing," according to Coffey, "they aren't just fishing stories or outdoor literature. There is very much a spiritual element running through all the stories, as people from all walks of life face hard decisions and struggle to find their way."

In addition to the above-mentioned outlets, Coffey's writing has appeared in the Dan River Anthology, Papyrus, Weeds Country, The Baker Street Journal, the Tipton Poetry Journal and "America: The Complete Story."

"Dry Fly Gospel" is being published through Amazon.com's CreateSpace, and is available online at www.amazon.com and www.createspace.com. The title is available in paperback and as a Kindle book. More information and a Dry Fly Gospel merchandise store can be found at www.dryflygospel.com.

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