Collection of short stories

Every Desire begins with the story of Joan Granger, an abandoned wife whose loneliness leads her to tolerate a situation most women would find unacceptable as well as dangerous. Following the story of Joan, the readers takes a journey through several stories involving extraordinary people the author has encountered--many of them celebrities. The author relates a chilling account of his experience with the Ouija. He remembers friends who were or are infected with HIV.

Robert Olden Stewart was born in Hope, Arkansas, in 1943. He graduated from Southern Arkansas University in 1966 and taught English for several years. After that he worked in radio, acting as a producer for Talknet hosted by Sally Jesse Raphael. In 1976 he received a graduate degree, and he now is retired and living in northeast Oklahoma, enjoying writing and the shores of Grand Lake.