Iron City -- The Island -- The First Buck -- West -- Some Cold War Haiku -- Skegness Annie -- All Along The Watchtower -- Beautiful Shirts -- Hermes Trismigistus -- The Writer -- The Whole Story -- The Fretful Porpentine -- The Perfect Job -- Origami in the Night -- Ghost Ball -- Midnight in Palo Alto -- An Occurrence on 19th Avenue -- A Long Take -- A Short History of Elizabethan Drama -- The Night Express To Marrakech -- Singapore -- In Madrid -- Jersey Shore -- Burmese Cuisine -- Mahoney's CafeĢ -- Disappearing -- With Nietzsche, In the Diner of the Midwest -- Run Over -- Famous, Famous.
Summary:
"Across The Street From The Ordinary is a collection of new short fiction, following the work in two previous collections, Miss America and Other Stories (Marion Boyars), and Rain After Midnight (Pelekinesis). These stories share innovative, different perspectives on narration, and the story-teller. There is a wide, rich variety here - stories centered in the uniqueness of both urban and small town landscapes and characters - stories of setting out, travel, origins, legends. Discoveries. And something borrowed from the haiku tradition, stories of the moment, the instant - the flash of recognition"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.