Charactered Pieces: stories
Caleb J. Ross
- With
- Charactered
- Pieces,
- Caleb
- J.
- Ross
- presents
- a
- varied
- world
- of
- familial
- discord,
- one
- where
- a
- dead
- fetus
- evokes
- more
- compassion
- than
- its
- mother
- (“Charactered
- Pieces”);
- where
- two
- brothers
- offer
- the
- destruction
- of
- a
- family
- legacy
- as
- a
- birthday
- gift
- for
- their
- aging
- father
- (“My
- Family’s
- Rule”);
- where
- one
- brother’s
- love
- of
- Holocaust
- documentaries
- pushes
- his
- family
- through
- the
- aftermath
- of
- his
- assumed
- suicide
- (“The
- Camp”).Charactered
- Pieces
- peels
- away
- the
- superficial
- armor
- of
- public
- life
- to
- reveal
- the
- flaws
- beneath
- and
- treats
- those
- perceived
- weaknesses
- not
- as
- hidden
- sources
- of
- pain
- but
- as
- reasons
- to
- celebrate life.
