To Love in the Past Tense: And Other Stories

Imagine what happens when …

… a widow spots another woman, a stranger, putting flowers on her husband’s grave.

… a boy genius climbs out his bedroom window to follow his cat to see where it goes at night.

… a lonely, depressed young woman encounters a silverback gorilla in her backyard at night.

… a joyful Dalmatian that bites forces a boy and his father to uncover family secrets.

… the Loma Prieta earthquake catapults a fading grandmother, documentary-making daughter, and rebellious granddaughter to Africa, where they can no longer ignore one another.

… an in-home cutlery sales pitch by a lovely young woman slices away years of deceit.

The short stories in To Love in the Past Tense offer some possible answers.