Stories of falling, failing, and finding the strength to rise again.
Fallen is a powerful collection of short fiction exploring the ways people stumble, endure, and rise again in the face of life's snares. With stories rooted in character, humor, military service, personal relationships, and history, this volume spans settings as diverse as New York and Los Angeles, the Caribbean and the Far East, and eras from the early twentieth century to the present day.
From intimate portraits of love and loss to tales marked by duty, sacrifice, and resilience, these narratives capture both the private and the universal struggles of American life. In the tradition of Hamlin Garland-yet fully modern in voice and scope-Fallen offers vivid slices of experience that stretch beyond national borders while remaining deeply human at their core.
Each story invites the reader into moments where choice collides with consequence, where humor lightens hardship, and where history's weight meets the persistence of spirit. Whether set against the backdrop of a battlefield, a bustling city, or a far-flung shore, these tales remind us of the ways we all fall-and the meanings we find in rising again.
Compelling and thought-provoking, Fallen is a journey through the fractures and triumphs of the human condition, told with clarity, depth, and abiding humanity.
About the Author :
J. B. HOGAN IS AN AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR, poet, and local historian. A veteran of the U. S. Air Force Security Service and TacticalAir Command, he holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Arizona State University (1979). For many years he worked as a technical writer in Arizona and Colorado. To date, he has published just shy of 400 stories and poems, as well as over a dozen books including Angels in the Ozarks, Bar Harbor, Living Behind Time, Losing Cotton, Fallen, and Forgotten Fayetteville and Washington County.He has served as chair and a member of the Fayetteville (AR) Historic District Commission and as president and board member of theWashington County (AR) Historical Society (WCHS). In October 2019, he received the WCHS Distinguished Citizen Award. In 2024 hewas awarded the Secretary of State's Arkansas Diamond Award, and in 2025, was inducted into the Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame.
