All My Goodbyes

Every night a man drives the darkened asphalt of America. Every morning a woman recollects a former lover who disappeared years ago. A boy witnesses a horrific crime, but is unable to tell anyone about it. A girl glimpses the horrors that reside beneath the veil of ordinary life. A job whose simple description is: Follow him. These are stories of the seekers and dreamers, the travelers who futilely try to escape their pasts. They are the men and women who live on the fringes of society, on the barstools and bookhouses, on the roadways that separate us, and in the shadows where they are always watching.

Every night a man drives the darkened asphalt of America. Every morning a woman recollects a former lover who disappeared years ago. A boy witnesses a horrific crime, but is unable to tell anyone about it. A girl glimpses the horrors that reside beneath the veil of ordinary life. A job whose simple description is: Follow him. These are stories of the seekers and dreamers, the travelers who futilely try to escape their pasts. They are the men and women who live on the fringes of society, on the barstools and bookhouses, on the roadways that separate us, and in the shadows where they are always watching.

Jacob Mendelsohn was born in Toronto, Canada into a religious organization that believed in the unity of Christ and Satan, though he is currently a follower of neither. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois where he weathered the harshness of winter cold and the bitterness of summer baseball. Upon reaching an age when he believed himself to be mature, he attended film school at New York University, which prepared him for a life of answering phones and typing letters. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, but is not overly-consumed by this fact. He has previously been published in New York Stories. All My Goodbyes is his first book. He can be found at Vespucciland.com, where he discusses the cultural and political issues of the day, though never too seriously. He has yet to meet his doppelganger.