epistrophy, thank you for those recommendations for short story collections. I have a friend who is a writer and I'm going to buy those for her, as short stories are her favorites. She has always told me that a good short story is the most difficult type of writing to produce.
glacier, thank you for mentioning the Kerry Casey book. An acquaintance told me about it recently, too, and I meant to order it but it had slipped my mind. Today will be the day to do that, and I'll look forward to reading it in a few weeks when my H and I are going to take a vacation at Cape Cod.
