The Truth That Can't Be Told 2

by Casey Dorman, Barb DeLong, Diana Huang

Unrequited love, quiet shame, guttural fear are the truths we hide from the world…often from those we love the most.

In their second book, The Truth That Can’t be Told 2, the writers of the Lake Forest Roundtable explore ideas in short stories and poems about the hidden parts of our humanness–our hearts and minds examined in ways that will move, and sometimes, embarrass you. Deceit lives in all of us, and this collaborative group takes on the challenge of exposing those guarded truths. The result is exciting, intimate, and daring, but with the power to make us stronger, closer, and more human.

You’ll delight in stories that range from baseball tales to mysteries, family dramas, war stories, sci-fi, and fantasy, with literary pieces and a collection of poems among them. Whether you laugh out loud or shed a tear, this collection will connect with the hidden something inside each of us.

Contributing Authors: Pat Anderson, Jasmine Bell, Terry Black, Marilyn Carvin, Elizabeth Conte, Barb DeLong, Casey Dorman, Larry J. Dunlap, Billie Kelpin, Lana Gray, Lorraine Gow, Diana Huang, Andrea Lewis, John Nicholas, Cassandra Rendon, Kent Rogers, John Rumbold, Ottilia Scherschel, C.W. Spooner, Charmaine Cecile Wakefield

289 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 21, 2022

About the author

Casey Dorman is a former university professor and dean, a psychologist, a literary review editor, an essayist, and the author of fourteen novels, a collection of short stories and poems, and three non-fiction books, including a volume in the Johns Hopkins Series on Neuroscience and Psychiatry. He is the former editor and publisher of the literary magazine, "Lost Coast Review." His fiction, essays, and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. He has published academic and research articles in psychology, medical, public health and philosophy journals. He is a member of the Society of Philosophers in America. His most recent novel is the sci-fi thriller, “Ezekiel’s Brain,” published by NewLink Publishing in 2021. He is working on the sequel. He and his wife, Lai, live in Southern California and enjoy traveling, wine-tasting, gardening, and visiting with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchild as well as their nieces and nephews.