HOME IS NOT A PLACE. IT IS A STATE OF MIND. And everything has changed: is still changing, in fact, and everything you know is evolving and becoming an existence you hardly recognize. What do you do? You escape and redefine yourself by searching for a new place in which to belong and, in the process, find new hope. Through the landscapes of poetry, discover a story of heartbreak and renewal, of madness and resolution, of love and redemption. But remember that, even in leaving the place you always thought was home, sometimes the ghosts of your past have a nasty habit of chasing after you. With Tennessee Refugee, Michael David Anderson faces these changes and trials, and in this story you may find meaning not only in his life but in yours as well... For without memory, we are doomed to repeat ourselves.

Teddy Dormer lives with a condition unlike any other: in order to sleep, he must not only inadvertently steal the ability for others around him to sleep, but he also experiences their worst nightmares, memories, and darkest secrets. This is a condition he has lived with his entire life, often with dire consequences, but he has a system that works for him. Teddy lives on the road, perpetually moving from place to place, never subjecting his presence on the same population for longer than a single night. However, at a small hotel in Texas, Teddy discovers through a young woman's dreams that she has been kidnapped. Driven by conscience, Teddy does what he must to find and free her from the clutches of evil. What he cannot anticipate, however, is how this singular deed will trigger a chain of events that will not only compel him to confront an evil from his past but will also lead him to an encounter with a force far beyond anything he has ever faced before - a force with the potential to change the world as it sees fit Teddy is a novel about the dichotomy of the human condition, for even in the face of absolute madness, good may persevere and hope will endure.

Michael David Anderson returns with his latest poetry collection WASTED DAYS, the spiritual successor to TENNESSEE REFUGEE. While each poem serves as a standalone work, every poem is also part of an overall story that chronicles the end of a relationship in reverse as well as the anonymous narrator's attempts to change the past. The consequences, however, far exceed anything he could have ever imagined.