Eight stories set in a college town in the American Midwest.
The author taught for 23 years at a state university in the American Midwest, situated in a college town which held 20,000 people when the college was in session, 15,000 in August. The town had 20,000 stories; here are eight of them.
In a post-coup America, an Illinois farm boy is drawn into the resistance by his brother's death. Captured, he is given a choice: betray his friends, or the girl he loves will be lobotomized.
Just as life during the pandemic was color-coded with different hues representing different levels of danger, life in its aftermath has become shaded in similar ways. As a self-styled “Seeker of Beauty with Beauty,” (borrowing from a quote by W.E.B.
