Livable Stories

A collection of twelve short stories about people making their way through their lives. Another, Brighter World: A violent act sends a brother and sister on a hopeless road trip. A House by the Sea: An elderly married couple is separated when the wife is placed in a care home to deal with her dementia. Will her husband keep the promise he made to her? The Best of All Possible Worlds: A woman reminisces about growing up in with an abusive father and the sister she left behind. Rusty: Having already been abandoned by their mother, two brothers leave their younger siblings at home as they search for the father who has stolen their rent money. Southern Gothic: A father with a gambling debt asks his son to go against his conscience to help fix a horse race. Read these stories and seven more.

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