In Wings & Other Things, Chauna Craig examines the lives of women in courtship, marriage, adultery, and on their own, the decisions that brought them there, and the lives they never lived as a result. In small-town, rural, or city life, these women, in perfectly drawn revelatory moments, show us what we settle for and how we are haunted by what could’ve been. These stories and the characters in them disquiet and rivet, demanding our attention and inviting our reflection on how one reconciles the desire for escape with the need to stay put. Subtle and artful in its choreography of miscommunications and conflicting desires, this is an intelligent and absorbing collection. 

—Donna Miscolta, author of Living Color: Angie Rubio Stories

The stories in Chauna Craig's collection Wings & Other Things are about women in search of their past and future lives. As one character reminds us, "You can go anywhere. Depends what you're willing to pay." The women in these stories are certainly willing to pay to get where they need to go—whether it’s out of bad relationships or into new formed lives. These stories are full of hard-won wisdom, sharp insights, and generous compassion. Her characters suffer from and bear up under ordinary though devastating failures and disappointments, but through force of will, wit, and wonder they persevere and often prevail. While Craig's stories veer into the necessary dark territory of the heart, they never lose sight of the light in the distance. 

—Kerry Neville, author of Remember to Forget Me