Brad Summerhill writes the kind of fiction he likes to read--realistic, intense, lyrical, humane and intelligent. His short stories have been published in numerous journals, including South Dakota Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Aethlon: A Journal of Sports Literature, The Nevada Review and Red Rock Review. His story "The Vanishing Celestial" anchors the fiction anthology Just To Watch Him Die (available on Amazon). His novel Gambler's Quartet came out in 2010 and was released in e-editions in 2014. The novel tracks the lives of Johnny and his mother Jenna, an addicted gambler. It's a unique crime noir story set in Reno, Nevada during the 1980s. Intertwining psychological drama, character study and intense action, Gambler's Quartet offers up a tale that will remain with readers long after the book is closed.