Love at Last Sight is the intimate tale of Ockie and Clair Bloomberg from their first meeting to their fortieth year together. At first, things go well—even uncommonly well—but after thirty years, Clair is diagnosed with cognitive deficits. As time goes on, greater and greater deficiencies appear and they notice not only that nouns and names have slipped away but that her sight is vanishing, as well.They try to cope by hiring help, but Clair's memory slips away and she's n...

Beginning in 1952, Wethersfield (CT) Country Club became the home of a PGA event, the Insurance City Open. Kids flocked to the club to caddy and, if they were good enough, would caddy for the PGA tour players who played in the event. There were no professional caddies as there are now. Instead, every golf professional--be it Palmer or Nicklaus or Player or Trevino-- had a different kid on his bag each week as he worked his way around the country, trying to make a buck. My friends and I wer...

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are “among the best of his career" (**Publishers Weekly, starred review).**“A welcome return to form for the much-awarded and much-loved humorist…Sedaris remains a national treasure.” —**Kirkus

'Very little makes me laugh. I would say the one exception is anything by David Sedaris' GRAHAM NORTON'Sedaris is the God of the comic essay... Sedaris' only rule: be funny or perish' LENA DUNHAMIn The Land and Its People, David Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveller, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of carer after his boyfriend Hugh's hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers grou...

A tale from the world of Steven Brust and Skyler White's novel The IncrementalistsThe Incrementalists are a secret society of two hundred people with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, communicate with one another across nations and time, and have a very modest mission: to make the world better, a little bit at a time."Fireworks in the Rain" tells an original story not found in the no...

Do you freeze up every time a greeting card gets passed your way? Everybody else seems to know exactly what to write. Why does your mind goes blank? What do you do?Consult this book!It contains 101 unique sentiments you can write in congratulatory cards for friends, family, or co-workers. Is someone in your life having a baby? Getting married? Buying a new house? Graduating from high school, college or university? If an ann...

Of all the shit-hole bars in all the world, she was drinking at mine. I would've never guessed she was a time traveler.I am Gavin Thorn--a drunk, a lost soul, and a slob. I sit in my bar in the Arizona desert, withering away. But today is July 13, 2014, and everything is about to change.**ADULT CONTENT WARNING: THIS SHORT STORY CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND BIZARRE SEXUAL CONTENT.A NOTE ON LENGTH: This is a 20 page short story.**

Silver Linings is one persons journey through a year of personal and professional changes; the moments of extreme joy which can be shattered in an instant by deep sorrow and utter loss. The mind is a roller coaster. Are you brave enough to join the ride?

The last time Justine Eklund had heard from Gray Voss was when he’d agreed to take her to her sister’s wedding. He stood her up. Twelve years later, he’s back in Wyoming as the new owner of Storafalt’s only pharmacy. He didn’t come alone, though. He brought along the small cowboy town’s best-kept secret—his preteen son, Danny.Gray wants to pick up where he left off. He never stopped loving the beautiful rabble-rouser, and thinks she’ll fit seamlessly into his little family. Justine...

When Cassandra attends a fundraiser masquerade ball at the supposedly haunted Black Rose Theater, she meets a handsome stranger—and learns there may be more truth to the ghostly rumors than she thought.

This is a short story about a man (Travis) who is having marital problems and seeks out advice from an old friend. The story captures the stream of thoughts going through Travis' head as he processes the advice and tries to save his marriage.

In the Glow of the Lavalamp; Stories of Bad Sex and Other Misfortunes delivers ten stories of sex gone hilariously wrong, set in the bathtubs, back seats, battlegrounds, and bedrooms of America. These tales confirm that bizarre is indeed the nature of the universe and humor may be the best path through it.Earnest people, hell-bent on believing that reality lies at the surface of things, careen into disaster as they stumble over the unspoken and unacknowledged. You’ll laugh,...