"This is prime American fiction--tough, generous, and open-eyed." --ALYSON HAGY
Mark Maynard's debut collection of linked short stories examines the characters of a town whose means and meanings are eroding away. In Grind, a homeless man wins the jackpot--and a large stack of pancakes ("Jackpot"); a prison inmate trains a horse toward life beyond the gates ("Penned"); a truck driver with the IQ of a child drives his empty rig up...
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