New York: Plume / Dutton, (1998). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book (issued at the same time as his first novel), a collection of ten stories which capture "the pathos and small triumphs of everyday life, with its fumbling attempts at deeper human relations, disappointments, and moments of grace." SIGNED on the title page. Praise from Madison Smartt Bell, Winston Groom, David Long and others. A Los Angeles Times Notable Book. 161 pp. ISBN: 0-452278945.