First published 2007
This collection brings together award winning authors and emerging voices in ten short stories. Cheri Johnson Guralnick writes about wolves that shift their voices to make the pack sound larger. Susan Perabo follows Tommy and his partner as one of them approaches tears. James Sepsey presents a thirty seven year old man whose family questions his maturity. Antonya Nelson creates a boy so thin that his refusal to eat angers people around him. Deborah Tarnoff explores a character who believes forgetting matters more than remembering. Susan Petrone shows someone dying while others adjust to the reality slowly. Elissa Minor Rust features a girlfriend's son watching news footage of a boy pretending to revive a frog. Christiana Langenberg tells of a father explaining his dog's suicide to his child. Janice Soderling moves through temporary rooms filled with laughter and friendship. Andrew Roe describes endless streets of gas stations and chain restaurants. The stories capture moments when ordinary life reveals deeper truths about connection and survival.
Genres: fiction, short-stories, anthologies, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, slice-of-life
232 pages · Paperback · Glimmer Train Press, Inc.