Twelve short stories that run the gamut from how the universe began to a famous writer's sister problems.

These are short stories that follow different people going in different directions. Some of the stories have found earlier homes in traditional literary reviews and some were homeless. Until now. You...

Beyond the merely personal, Covid spurs a questioning of the whole commodity-driven American lifestyle. "How much material stuff can we do without?...What do I value? What do I offer of value?" Originally...