"Every emotional payoff, whether flash-of-lightning funny or tearfully joyful, is earned through a rich depth of honesty that is the polar opposite of sentimentality." -- Darrin McGraw, coauthor of Animal Future. This collection of contemporary short fiction includes a novella with a Father's Day vibe, The Dad Who Stayed, and a dozen short stories. In The Dad Who Stayed we see family, school, neighborhood, and the...