THE GIRL WHO READ HEMINGWAY is a collection of ten short fiction pieces. In THE DINER, it is a dark, rainy night in the 1940s and a strange man lingers at a cafe. ROUTE 9 introduces us to an aging writer with one last shot at success, while MOTEL relates the tale of a couple hiding in an abandoned motel. A PARAGRAPH ON LOVE relates the desperate thoughts of a lonely man reflects on his obsession with a woman, and two lifelong friends go fishing in THE LAKE for the last time. These and other stories explore the bleaker side of humanity and take an unflinching look at the darkness hiding inside of us all.