Just This Side Of Trouble: Season 1, Episode 4

Tonight's Traveler to God On The Rocks is author and supreme raconteur, Raymond Atkins. A wild storyteller who comes to the City By The Bay for a late night showing of his favorite all-time movie, JAWS but he lingers at the bar long enough to share stories of first cars, wild road trips, American Muscle cars,  and what it's like living just just this side of trouble.

Raymond L. Atkins resides in Rome, Georgia, where he teaches English. He lives on the banks of the Etowah River in an old house with a patient wife. His hobbies include people-watching, reading, and watching movies that have no hope of ever achieving credibility. His first novel, The Front Porch Prophet, was awarded the Georgia Author of the Year Award for First Novel. His second novel, Sorrow Wood is a southern gothic classic. His third novel, Camp Redemption, was awarded the Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction and the 2014 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Fiction. His fourth novel, Sweetwater Blues, was a Townsend Prize nominee and 2015 Georgia Author of the Year runner-up for fiction. South of the Etowah, was his first creative non-fiction. You can discover more of Raymond Atkins with his monthly stories, Off The Page, at WellReadMagazine.com