Discouraging at Best, by John Edward Lawson and the American landscape

and the American landscape

Ashes were placed within rings

Sick of hiding in the wings

and unsettled over his future

Lauren fights

Discouraging at Best, by John Edward Lawson and the American landscapeAlready known for his works of speculative fiction, author John Edward Lawson uses Discouraging at Best to take a look at the "real" world. On the pages within are five interlinked tales that, when pieced together, paint a panorama of apathy, greed, and manipulation. We follow the self inflicted plight of working class families and their efforts to step on others in the race to get ahead. We watch the petty wars of Nobel laureates. We become immersed