In his debut collection, the award-winning playwright Robert Cole takes readers to the startling fictional world of Walstone County, Alabama. The eight plays in this collection offer proof of the continuing literary legacy of the American South. Includes the full-length play "Songs of the Valley" as well as six short plays from Cole's "Walstone" Cycle-- "She's Standing Behind Me," "Above the Mountains," "Cowboy Music," "Osceola Cries," "The Sexy Daughter Cheyenne," and "The Lonesome Blue"-- and the short play "The Way She Lost Her Smile." A foreword to the plays is provided by theatre director Penn Genthner.