“Iced is a powerhouse. . . . Ray Shell writes beautifully. The story is heartbreaking. I kept putting it down and picking it up again—it won’t let me go.”—Maya AngelouA timeless tale of one man’s decline into the depths of addiction that is at both a shocking study of the addict’s life, and a deeply compelling and often uplifting tale of human love and loss.First published at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic thirty years ag...

Carolina Red FOREWARD by Ray Shell I have lived in the UK since 1978. I returned to the USA in 2013 when my Mother passed away which remains the most traumatic event of my life. I'm at the age when a lot of my friends have parents that are either living in the next room with them, being cared for in a hospital or nursing home, are dying, or have just died. Returning to the USA from being away so long was a shock for me especially when hearing, when I was in the UK, the harrowing events tak...