The Wallace House of Pain: A Novelette centers around Xander and his estranged father, Jim. S.M. Stevens uses this short story to introduce us to Xander and his uncomfortable dinners with his father and his second wife, Kathy. Xander and Jim don’t seem to see...

In Beautiful and Terrible Things by S.M. Stevens, early in the summer of 2018, Charley's mundane routine is disrupted by encounters with death and a mysterious stranger. Her morning jog is interrupted by the sight of a dead squirrel, triggering reflections on responsibility and mortality....