Stories in this collection, such as HERE'S MASHED, A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAY, WITH ALL HIS HEART, along with a few others, all depict contemporary lives in conflicts of one kind or another, until something interesting happens to change things. The style is in the manner of modern minimalism, where character and behavior are depicted rather than described, more like a film or show than an account. Stories like I HEARD THEIR LAUGHTER and BRIAN'S LAW are...