Jacob sits stunned in the woods next to his house. A schoolteacher turned guerrilla warfare recruiter explains to him that he just shot dead ten soldiers of an invading army. Jacob is now a hero, but he has also become something else, something he despises - a killer.

An old man lives alone in a rusting house trailer. His home is about to become a golf course. A rising television reporter wants to cover a story about how new golf courses are enabling economic recovery. She finds something quite unexpected when the two meet.

Ten-year-old Todd is going with his dad while his dad goes hunting. It is the longest, hardest, and most memorable day of his life.

Two 6th-grade boys play a game of basketball. The game is a terrible mismatch. The victor is unable to come to terms with the outcome for 40 years.

Six short stories about writing and writers from Dwayne Phillips. This anthology includes: Will Write for Food, Predator and Prey, The Patron of the Arts, The Old Book, Too Much Too Much Not Enough, and Two Walls and a Roof.

A woman adores her three Chihuahaus. Down the hall lives an aging widower. They all collide one morning, and that changes their lives.

Bob Broussard has returned to southwest Louisiana a few years afternoon Hurricane Rita. Something is wrong - the wrong people are working in the wrong businesses serving the wrong customers. Bob searches for answers and finds that the hurricane has changed everything forever, including the home where Bob grew up.

A man finds an old book in an antique store. Someone filled the pages with writing in the margins. It is some type of diary from the second world war, but the pages are linked cryptically. Can the man and a friend decipher the secret of the old book?

Two guys volunteer to cook hamburgers at the company picnic. They have opposite temperaments. Can they survive a picnic without grilling each other?

Gilbert Manson has just signed a contract to write a novel. He will buy a new computer and move to a farm outside the city to write the novel. Too much, too much. The publisher, however, has a "just enough" idea.

Todd Hindle was going to college, but not now. Someone has stolen his future. Mr. Martin will help Todd set the record straight. All is set, but in the crucial moment Mr. Martin reveals something about himself.

Joseph writes novels, and they have all been rejected so far. He pays his rent by writing junk magazine articles. Food? That comes from people who don't write as well.