Stories
Numbers Six and Seven
Stella, Gone
Bargains at St. Vincent de Paulís
The Love Whisperer
Such a Good Boy
My Same Old, Same Old
Yoopers
The Sacrament of Silence
The Traitorís Wife
Frizzy
Absolutely No Talent Whatsoever
The Ways of Men
Molly
Beginnings
Elegie
Independence Day
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About Modern History Press
“Being unable to tell your story is a living death and sometimes a literal one ... Stories save your life. And stories are your life. We are our stories, stories that can be both prison and the crowbar to break open the door of that prison; we make stories to save ourselves or to trap ourselves or others, stories that lift us up or smash us against the stone wall of our own limits and fears.”
—Rebecca Solnit, The Mother of All Questions
“If something happens you will be able to write the book that I may never get written. The idea is very simple, so simple that if you are not careful you will forget it. It is this—that everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified. That’s what I want to say. Don’t you forget that. Whatever happens, don’t you dare let yourself forget that.”
—Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
—Plato