"Truth is stranger than fiction," says the old adage. Here, collected for the first time are eight stories that may just disprove that theory. In this, his first book, Craig Phillip Dawson demonstrates with seasoned storytelling just how blurry that line between truth and fiction can be.

Whether it be in supernatural tales like "The Smart Bomb," the unseen vengeance of the whiskey trade in "The Living Still," or the more down-to-earth, but non-stop action of the novelette "Wheelies," Dawson demonstrates with masterful skill how to cross that line. Here are eight well-told exercises of the imagination that truly are--"Stranger than Nonfiction."