Murrieta, California Novelist K.W. Bowlin Releases New Collection of Short Stories

March 6, 2013 - PRLog -- Novelist K.W. Bowlin has released a new collection of 24 literary short stories titled: "Living and Dying in Shorts." The fictional tales consist of family dramas, drug addiction, dark humor, and historical adventures that provide a look into the unique, inescapable, and irreducible features of being human. The book is distributed through Ingram and available now in soft cover at major bookstores and most independents. It is also available in digital distribution formats.

Also a musician, Bowlin's band, "The Kelly Bowlin Band" won the 2006 Southern California Music Award for "Best Roots Rock" and toured the West Coast with Dwight Yoakam and Junior Brown, and performed with Buddy Guy, The Spin Doctors, Soul Asylum, and Kansas.

Bowlin's debut novel "The Mosquito Sting" was released in 2012 (Ingram) and is a fictional tale about the worlds largest counterfeit operation, run by a cast of eccentric characters bent on saving Africa from the scourge of Malaria.

Bowlin, who shares residences between Colorado and Califoria is currently scheduling a four-state- promotional tour for the book in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.