J. Ryan Sommers 
Conduits: the Ballad of Jinx Jenkins 

It exists in a long-forgotten corner of the American dream. Green Valley County is home to murderers and heroes, ghosts and jinxes, gods, devils, and even a pygmy Big Foot.
But the biggest menace is Jinx Jenkins and the string ofbad luck he bestows upon the townsfolk. Can the good people of Green Valley overcome this oneman’s curse?
If you love the classic comic and magical realism, you’lllose yourself in this piece of Americana.
Become a citizen of the City by the Shore and see how seemingly random occurrences come to shape an entire civilization.