Matters Familiar
E. G. Fabricant
- Matters
- Familiar
- is
- an
- anthology
- of
- short
- stories,
- offering
- 12
- tales
- from
- inside
- complex
- contemporary
- relationships
- featuring
- parents;
- kids;
- convicts;
- hustlers;
- lawyers;
- politicians;
- and
- other
- undesirables:·
- A
- small
- girl,
- suffocating
- in
- the
- growing
- culture
- of
- fear
- around
- her,
- struggles
- to
- take
- the
- high
- ground.·
- A
- recently-divorced
- father
- sharing
- custody
- of
- his
- young
- son
- learns
- about
- parenting
- in
- an
- unlikely
- place--Death
- Row.·
- Adrift
- in
- his
- own
- life
- and
- desperate
- for
- a
- belief
- system,
- a
- young
- man
- finds
- direction
- and
- purpose
- from
- a
- surprising
- source.·
- Two
- brothers
- try
- to
- make
- sense
- of
- their
- lives
- after
- their
- domineering
- mother's
- death.·
- A
- girls'
- softball
- team
- rebels
- and
- instructs
- parents
- and
- coaches
- in
- the
- value
- of
- competition.·
- A
- retired
- cowgirl
- and
- her
- best
- friend
- resort
- to
- drugs,
- kidnapping,
- and
- interstate
- flight
- to
- escape
- the
- nursing
- home
- and
- reclaim
- their
- lives.·
- A
- vignette,
- after
- infidelity
- was
- declared
- an
- Olympic
- sport.
- (Sexually
- explicit)
·
- An
- amnesiac
- accident
- victim
- recovers
- more
- than
- his
- health
- among
- strangers
- in
- a
- small
- Southern
- town.·
- Two
- boys,
- one
- mother;
- two
- lives,
- separated
- from
- birth.·
- A
- top-dollar
- attorney
- complains
- about
- the
- bill
- and
- unwittingly
- becomes
- his
- plumber’s
- Zen
- pupil.·
- Worried
- about
- his
- sickly
- nephew’s
- future,
- a
- dutiful
- mob
- soldier
- finds
- inspiration
- an
- ocean
- and
- an
- age
- away.·
- A
- scandal-plagued
- politician
- contemplates
- suicide,
- but
- checks
- in
- with
- his
- cousin
- first
- to
- sort
- things out.
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