Mandy Haynes reads an excerpt from her story, Eva

Sharp as a Serpent's Tooth - Eva and Other Stories will have you cheering for snakes and cussin' in church. 

Eva, the young daughter of traveling Pentecostal preachers, catches snakes while her parents hide behind the bible and a large wooden crate. Eva's life changes when she makes her first friend and realizes there is more to life than fear.

"Mandy Haynes' writing voice is as smooth as fabled Tennessee whiskey. And she's a Southern front porch storyteller. Mandy knows good stories and this collection, SHARP AS A SERPENT'S TOOTH, like her first, WALKING THE WRONG WAY HOME, proves her top shelf skill as a writer and gives readers more than they came for."  -Sonny Brewer, author of The Poet of Tolstoy Park, and other novels.