New York: Context Books, (2001). First edition - Southern author's second book, following his highly praised memoir, and first work of fiction. Contains 13 stories, mostly set in Virginia, which chronicle the lives of narrators living on the margins of urban life. The title story reimagines the life of another Virginia writer, Breece D'J Pancake, and weaves in actual events in his life, as it attempts to explain his apparent suicide at 26. 216 pp.