Scenic City Cafè

Riveting, raw, and macabre. Three words that sum up the collection of short stories you will find in A. L. Gates' Scenic City Café, where life (and death) are not always what they seem. His beloved Chattanooga, TN, is often the backdrop for these stories, several of which have been published in writing journals, and one, "The Chase", is a Chattanooga Writers Guild award-winner. From a café full of strange strangers, a convicted killers unusual confession and interrogation room request, and a man who prefers to use a laundromat as the setting for his jobs, welcome to the southern-tinged stories born of Mr. Gates' creative, if somewhat twisted, mind. So, sit back with a tall glass of sweet tea and prepare to be entertained by one of the South's up and coming fiction writers. Oh, and you may not want to be in the house alone.