Indian Time

Fresh out of jail and off drugs, Fred Redish embarks on a new life.  First up:  getting to know his two young sons, who are under the custody of his mother-in-law.  Problem is, she poisons them against Mohawks in general and Fred in particular.  How can he get his boys back before he loses them forever?

"One of the more impressive entries is Melissa Yi’s moving 'Indian Time,' about Mohawk Fred Redish’s painful attempts to visit his young sons under the care of his white mother-in-law."--Publishers Weekly review of _Indian Country Noir_

Named one of the best short mysteries of 2010 by criminalbrief.com

"Beautiful writing, complicated characters, dark themes. It will stick with me." --CC Geddes

"a gut-wrenching ride. And I mean that in the best possible way....[V]ery powerful...exquisitely told."
--Louisa Swann