Maui in the early 2000's is in flux: the new millennium brings faith into crisis, cultural tensions bubble up to the surface, and the teens are left to their own devices. Short stories and vignettes unfold and meld into a look back at the chaos, hoping for answers to the past. Each narrator reveals another piece of the larger universe, contained within the questions: how did we get hurt, how do we hurt ourselves, and what will we do when forces beyond our control intervene?

The Sacred Art of Trespassing Barefoot is published by Heritage Future and the 1888 Center as the 2019 Winner of the Annual Great Story Project. Each copy purchased here is signed by the author.