There is no map of The Middle of Elsewhere. It’s a territory bordered by Far Left Field and Off the Beaten Track, both in exterior and interior ways. The collection begins with a middle-aged couple venturing forth to reclaim their lost youth in the ghost town of Terlingua, Far West Texas.

Something drives Matty Grover to search for an understanding of her family's past, pushing her to define her future. Her travels take her from her small hometown in rural Virginia... to the adobe homes, scorpions, and flash floods of the Arizona desert.

The women and men in Alison Moore's stories are on the run or on the road, and they often arrive at what first appears to be a dead end, the last place on earth. But these stories of flight-and-arrival contain messages of trust and wisdom — there is often a teacher in them somewhere...