Ted Welch

A young woman who often seeks to please others finds herself unintentionally distanced from her self-centered father. In an unforeseen turn of events, she forms an online friendship with a…

A group of bandits stands their ground at their hideout, only to uncover a startling truth about their identities and the forces they face. With the clock ticking, they must…

A young female soldier faces difficult choices as her romantic feelings for an older woman lead her to reevaluate her life’s direction. This story is based on Deb Shoval’s 2011…

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family’s struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia ”Skeeter” Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around ”the help”; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial…