Barb Goffman—one of the most celebrated authors and editors in the mystery field—is selecting modern classic mystery stories for a new imprint at Black Cat Mystery, "Barb Goffman Presents." This volume features "Time Zones, " by Ron Rash.

Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Finalist and New York Times bestselling novel, Serena, in addition to three other prizewinning novels, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight; three collections of poems; and four collections of stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and Chrmistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, he teaches at Western Carolina University.

His latest novel, "In the Valley, " will be published by Random House in August. He teaches at Western Carolina University.