New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2002). First edition - Award winning writer's second collection of short fiction, nine stories which explore "rediscovered love, reconciliation, and peace amid the trials of everyday life." In 'Killing Stonewall Jackson,' a band of Confederate soldiers resorts to surprising measures to survive on the battlefield; in 'The Mesmerist,' a man hypnotizes a stranger on the train and makes her his wife, and the final story 'Blackout' is a comedy of errors involving two couples, a downed power line, a dead neighbor and a pair of night vision goggles. 160 pp.