The Short Version: A collection of short stories that all seem to focus on, in one way or another, the weirdness of modern American life.  The simple oddity of suburbia – the terror, the pathos, the warmth, the… well, the Americanness of it all.  Some stories are simple, others a bit fantastical, but they all spin around that same ’50s-esque invitation implied by the cover: that that green lawn and simple home might just be the closest we get to […]

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