The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves: A Novel Seven Stories Press and even the end of

and even the end of the world

came of age early in the 1920s

a gang of teenagers looking for trouble -- as the Santa Ana winds breathe fire down the hills of Los Angeles

seeking funds to pursue his passion

The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves: A Novel Seven Stories Press and even the end ofIn raw, poignant alternating first person narratives, interspersed with e mails, gay chat room exchanges, and other fragments of a youth laid bare in the age of social media, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves unravels the mystery of a life in all its glory: despair and regret, humor and wonder, courage and connection. A heartbroken and humiliated Ricky Graves took the life of a classmate and himself. Five months later, the sleepy community is still in