To outsiders, they seem the perfect American family. Margaret, the loving, widowed mother. Mackie, the brilliant, dazzling handsome older son. Phillis, his beautiful, talented, sophisticated wife. Dink, friendly and outgoing, with all the energy of young manhood. Gina, his girlfriend, the prettiest girl in their Illinois small town. They alone know of the shadow of guilt hanging over all of them. They alone know of the flames of forbidden desire consuming each of them. They are ordinary people who enrich and damage one another's lives, and somehow, some way, survive to keep moving on. Todd Walton is a fiction writer, essayist, playwright, and musician. Following the success of Inside Moves in 1978, he published six more books with major publishers before establishing his own company Under the Table Books. His collection of short stories Buddha In A Teacup has won several independent publishing awards. His music CDs include Mystery Inventions and 43 short Piano Improvisations. Todd lives in Mendocino, California where he writes for the Anderson Valley Advertiser and shoots hoops at the local junior high.
