"The Ferry" by Ben Lerner
A father receives a dramatic butt-dialed voicemail from a stranger and crashes out.
"A Conversation with My Father" by Grace Paley
The writer's ailing father demands she tell him a good story yet contests every story she tells.
"In the Name of Bobby" by Julio Cortázar
A feverish descent down a slippery slope. I can't say more.
"Afternoon in Linen" by Shirley Jackson
Harriet refuses to read her work for her grandmother's friend. (Harriet has my heart forever.)
