Long Slide Stories

The stories in this collection are portraits of men adriftin their own fantasies, failures, and confusing successes. In the title story, a man's desire to bring an honorable end to a love affair is severely tested by the internal and external obstacles presented by a long summer afternoon. "My God, Richard Is Beautiful" follows the drifting, post-coital reflections of a young man who has just slept with his close friend's girlfriend, while "House Cleaning" enacts a comic psychodrama of love, antidepressants, and class warfare.Grainger, James is the author of 'Long Slide Stories', published 2004 under ISBN 9781550226775 and ISBN 1550226770.