Lakeside Imagination is a collection of short stories with an interesting history. Long before they were written down, the stories were told to the inmates at a jail in a small northern Minnesotan county. The ideas in the stories clearly spoke to these men and women, often leading them through their imagination to another place (something to be cherished when your life is limited by cement block walls and barred windows.)

A few of the stories gradually migrated to paper as people requested a copy of a particularly meaningful story to share with a friend or family member.

Eventually, this anthology seemed the best way to offer these stories to a wider audience.