On A Darkling Plain

On A Darkling Plain collects twenty-seven works of short fiction by Abraham Rothberg that revolve around the theme of War as an unshakeable background of life. This is the first publication of many of his pieces, among them "The Doctor's Son," "Cousins," and "November Days." Others are previously published in a wide variety of journals and magazines including the Antioch Review, South Dakota Review, Southwest Review and Saturday Evening Post. Enjoy the works in The Darkling Plain; they will "introduce you into the lies and truths of other people's minds and hearts, to your own country and time, or strange, foreign places and other eras, into the most public forums and the most private scenes of human intimacy."