by Bradley Sides (Author)
When a volcano suddenly emerges in the middle of his family's Alabama cattle pasture, young Charlie Melvin is confronted with a promise his grandfather once made--that something extraordinary would rise from the land.
As Charlie comes of age, he wrestles with the meaning of the volcano and the legacy of his family. His story unfolds through evocative vignettes that explore love, loss, responsibility, and faith.
Graceful, tender, and emotionally resonant, Bradley Sides' The Volcano Keeper is a moving portrait of a young man navigating grief while discovering the quiet miracles woven into the natural world.
Author Biography
Bradley Sides is the author of Those Fantastic Lives and Crocodile Tears Didn't Cause the Flood, a 2024 Book of the Year finalist at Southern Literary Review. His fiction has been featured on LeVar Burton Reads, and his reviews, interviews, and essays appear at Chapter 16, Electric Literature, The Millions, The Rumpus, Southern Review of Books, and elsewhere. He lives with his wife in Madison, Alabama, and teaches writing and literature at Calhoun Community College.
Number of Pages: 136
Dimensions: 0.41 x 7.11 x 5.11 IN
Publication Date: October 20, 2026
