The following is a collection of short fiction written from August of 2009 through May of 2011. By and large, the material explores characterization and conflict through the lens of deliberate kindness or gravitation towards goodness in a disappointing and dismal world.
Doctoral dissertation: http://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/121/
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