Damian Gutierrez Barnes ’97 has published a novella with Friesen Press titled, Melton and the Hereafter, described as “a hopeful tale about reconciliation where it matters most; at the heart of universal consciousness” by Volume 1 Brooklyn. The story about a man who is returned to a campground on the Northern California coast when he dies, instead of the judgment he was expecting, pulls you right in. He recently gave a reading at A Great Good Place for Books in Montclair, Oakland, attended by SCU Alums: Gina Kipilman ’95, Maria Woodruff ’96, and Katherine Kozioziemski ’97.