"Through the spaces between people in these beguiling fictions, love wanders like a ghost, offering whispered hints of solace against a backdrop of isolating divisions. In the spirit of the enigmatic stories of Lydia Davis, Isak Dinesen, Yasunari Kawabata, and other masters of the ironic parable . . . " --Kim Stafford, author of 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do In In Time's Shadow, minister, author, and activist Marilyn...