On an island off the coast of Maine, the Miller family reunites to celebrate the father's seventy-fifth birthday. Each of the adult children is expecting a first child, and at the same time each is at a major crossroads in life. The eldest, Daniel, still reeling from a car accident that has left ...
In her foreword, Heidi Pitlor talks about what her first year as Series Editor was like (replacing the almost irreplacable Katrina Kennison), reading literally thousands of short stories published in American magazines in 2006 and whittling those thousands down the the hundred or so she passed on...
A lot of people I know don’t like short stories. I think they’re missing out. For me they’re like a small but intense jewel. The good ones (and let’s assume that that’s the category I’m writing about) leave you yearning for more. They often serve up a punchline that knocks you off balance. And an...
“They wanted me to invite you and Ethan. So I guess you’re invited.” “Oh? Sounds fun,” Lovell said. “You don’t have to come.” “You don’t want us there,” he said, but he thought that the party might be a chance to get a better...
Jake was still obsequious, his father even more distant than he used to be. Before the accident it seemed that they looked up to Daniel and his successful career, his busy life in New York. Hilary especially, but since the accident, even she’d been overcompensating. She’d become aggressively chum...