Tales from the Road

Wayne Faust is the author of The Calek's Tale Trilogy. He has had over 50 short stories published worldwide in various places. Tales from the Road is his first anthology and it features 21 of of those stories, strung together in the form of a 42 hour road trip from Denver to Key West, with interludes after each story, describing stops along the way.

These are captivating tales, running the gamut between alternate history, spooky atmospheric, time travel, amusing, heartwarming, and personal. There are stories about the Black Plague, Outer Space, Conspiracy Theories, Chicago Blues, Old West Miners, Ice Hockey, the Civil War, King Arthur, and many more.

The author has been a full-time music and comedy performer for over 40 years, doing more than 7000 shows in 42 states and overseas in Europe. With his former singing partner Rusty Lewis, he did road trips to Key West for more than 15 years, so the atmosphere and detail of the interludes between stories should ring true, taking the listener along for the ride. And since the author has been writing songs for his whole career, where you have to say everything you need to say in three verses or less, his stories are tightly-written, and guaranteed to leave the listener hoping for the next collection.

The stories from this Audiobook are read by the incredible Guy Williams, who has been called "The Man of a Thousand Voices," so he makes the rich and varied characters in these tales come alive like never before. The author, Wayne Faust, provides the narration for the interludes between the stories, giving details on stops along the drive from Denver to Key West. He also provides short music clips from his many albums of songs to set the atmosphere and tone of each fascinating tale.