SHORTS

SHORTS is a diverse collection of short fiction by author/writer Jason M. Rubin. This collection is structured in three parts: Short Stories, Dialogues and Duologues, and Monologues and Soliloquys. It brings together a host of characters and situations that are at turns moving and funny, offering finely tuned studies of humans at their best and worst. Characters include: a failed author; a gravedigger; a hitman; lawmen; a professor; a printer; an untangler; a psychotherapist; a man haunted by dreams; numerous people riding the roiling waves of friendships, courtships, and relationships; a dying millionaire; a grieving widow; a hitchhiker looking for more than a ride; a homeless person looking for more than a handout; a bartender; an alcoholic; a musician; a teacher; old people in their graves; an old person with dementia; a suicide victim; Moses. This is short fiction readers will long remember.