Description:

Narrator Luke Cieslinski doesn't have the answers, and he can't stop searching for them. When he sees his opportunity to leave everything behind---his friends, his job, his family---he does, escaping his hometown and striking out to find something more. But there's a problem: "Dodge County," his friend once said, "is like a black hole. It doesn't let you leave, not without a fight."

Contains the following published stories:

Cherries and Blueberries (Sphere Literary Journal, 2009)

The Working Man (Predicate, 2008)

Frolf (Predicate, 2008)

Control (Predicate, 2008)

Feel the Void (Predicate, 2008)

The Third Pile (Predicate, 2009)

All the Prophets (Predicate, 2009)

Dodge (Predicate, 2009)

Deer Tales (Santa Fe Writers Project, 2009)

Conversations With Carver (Predicate, 2009)

One In Six (Keep Going Magazine, 2009)