All of the characters in Athey’s stories are infused with a grace of light in a world of pain, suffering, love, and redemption. His work has appeared in Berkeley Fiction Review, Tampa Review, The Windhover, Cantos, Santa Fe Literary Review, Relief, and many other magazines and journals.
“Athey is a master of mystical realism — an earthy, heavenly blend of the comical, the sacramental, the uncanny, and the beautiful." — Eric Tippin, Professor of English, Heston College