Push Me

A mainstream short story collection that focuses on uplifting, and often humorous, little dramas around love and life! - The town council doubles-down on their dubious distinction as the flat tire capital of America, until their secret gets out.- A young newlywed discovers his wife has a penchant for practical jokes and worries her unsavory pranks will spiral out of control.- After years of marriage, a couple feels they've earned an exotic vacation sans kids, until an adventurous young couple lures them into a moral maelstrom.- A man and his wife are invited to witness an old flame's energetic death.- An elderly junkyard owner isn't surprised when customers remark on the young girl dancing across the old rusty cars, even though he's never seen her for himself.- On the brink of his second marriage, a young divorcé has yet to fully put his first marriage in the rearview mirror. Nineteen stories in all, that plumb the depths of desire and loneliness, loss and dreams, coping and settling, setbacks and self-discovery in this quirky new millennium.