Pam Ward, a graphic designer and Los Angeles native, has published in national magazines, periodicals, and anthologies, including short stories in Best American Erotica 2002 and Men We Cherish: African American Women Praise the Men in Their Lives. She has been awarded a California Arts Council fellowship for her writing.
Rebecca never felt safe as a child. In 1969, her father, Robert Nichols, moved to Sellerstown, North Carolina, to serve as a pastor. There he found a small community eager to welcome him-with one exception. Glaring at him from pew number seven was a man o...[SEE MORE]