Short stories by Richard Ford

Richard Ford is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction. He lives in New York and Maine. Ford’s best known titles are The SportswriterIndependence DayThe Lay of the Land, and _Let Me Be Frank with You. _

Listing 3 stories.

A man reflects on a goose-hunting trip with his mother and her then-boyfriend when he was 16, contemplating how the venture impacted his own philosophies, as well as his relationship with his mother.

After his father dies, a teenager struggles to find his place in the world until he stumbles across Niall. Their tumultuous friendship ends mysteriously when Niall disappears.

When a married couple finds an abandoned puppy in their front yard, their imperfect relationship and perceptions of self are disrupted.