Objects Are Closer Than They Appear

Tammi Jean Cook is sixteen. She is also psychic. So when Tammi Jean hitches a ride from a long-haul trucker named Elvis P. Boone, she knows that when she reaches California she's going to find her daddy . . . even though everyone claims he's dead. As they travel from the kudzu-choked fields of Alabama to the scenic hills of California, Tammi Jean and Elvis become friends as the miles click by on the Kenworth's odometer. They also encounter people like a young woman fleeing for her life; an old Cherokee woman, who warns Tammi Jean of the risks in knowing anyone's destiny; and a man with frightening plans for one innocent child's future. There's also the Man-in-Black. Another long-haul trucker, he too is headed for California; and along the way he challenges Tammi Jean to explore the darker side of being psychic.

Named 2010 Author of the Year by South Lit, a journal of Southern literature, Carol Culver Rzadkiewicz is a native of Fairburn, Georgia, who now resides in Lafayette, Louisiana in the ＂Heart of Cajun Country.＂ After a career in journalism, she entered the field of higher education and taught college English for over 16 years. Writing, however, has always been her passion; and her short stories have appeared in such publications as the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Journal, South Lit, Toasted Cheese, and The New Review, among others. She is a prolific writer whose tales range from romance to adventure to mystery to horror. In addition to Objects Are Closer Than They Appear, her published books so far include: -Mustang Summer -Separate but Equal -The Touch and Other Stories -The Dark Woods -Master of Fright: Return to the Dark Woods -Winner Take All