Ray Sikes

"Fiction and Spiritual Writings That Are Real"

Ray Sikes has the ability to stay detached from moralistic blacks and whites or reduction to simple answers, and he treads on the more complicated tightrope of 'real' human affairs...Blues for a Dime Store Guitar is a deftly written and refreshingly prismatic look at human tendencies.

Phyllis Barber, writer, critic, professor at Vermont College

Sikes speaks his mind on the most pressing issues in the lives of Christians today, combating stereotypes and delving deep into real, day to day life...How does one really apply godly precepts to life in the 21st century? Keeping It Between the Ditches serves to pose answers to the questions and fears of today's Christian.

Ashley Wolpert, revlevantmagazine.com

Ray Sikes is a teacher and the author of Keeping It Between the Ditches: Living the Christian Life; Blues for a Dime Store Guitar: A Novel About Love, Music, Vice, and God; and Life in the Cathode Ray Glow: Stories About Growing Up in the 60s and 70s and Other Fiction. His writings have also appeared in numerous print and online publications. He lives in semi-rural Delaware with his wife and enjoys being outdoors, playing bass guitar, and listening to music.