The Quiet Parts is a collection of stories about what happens in the pauses-between decisions, between paychecks, between the words we mean and the words we settle for. Set in a Rhode Island (and adjacent New England) that feels both intimate and unyielding, these narratives move through clinics and kitchens, bars and boundary lines, offices and nursing homes-places where ordinary life quietly sharpens into something else. A young man stares at grout lines and learns what dignity ...

You Forgot About Me is a cycle of five interconnected stories unfolding over the final six months of World War II, moving from the Hürtgen Forest into wards, trains, and hometown streets where "home" feels like a rumor. Captain Norman Watt-composer turned infantry officer-can't reconcile leadership with slaughter, and his refusal to harden becomes its own liability.As the fighting recedes, the damage doesn't: a nurse tries to salvage what war has unscrewed from the human s...

A tense, darkly funny novel about work, family, and the violence of being disagreeable.Declan Burke knows how to be good.He keeps the house running. He makes the meetings smoother. He answers emails the way other men defuse bombs-carefully, politely, hoping no one notices his hands shaking. In an office culture where "alignment" means obedience and "support" comes with strings, Declan has learned to survive by becoming useful, agreeable, and almost invisible.But as ...

Excited about her first day at her new school, Posie quickly realizes she's not like the other students. Posie continues to go through the growing pains of trying to make friends and fit in until one day she has the opportunity to celebrate her differences with her classmates. Can Posie teach her classmates what adoption means?