Short stories published in New American Review

Listing 6 stories.

A man in pursuit of gold comes to learn how an obsession with wealth can tear away all your meaningful connections.

In a small rural farm town, a middle-aged poet struggles with aging and finding meaning in his life.

A poet in Mexico must dodge multiple competing drug dealers who want him to join their side, all the while a human trafficking scheme runs rampant in their town.

In this modern retelling of the Faust legend, an American baseball player stuck in the minor leagues spends years of his life striving for a .368 lifetime batting average. A series of bets with his manager brings his bargain -- and the meaning of his career -- to the fore.

A man looks back on his father-in-law's life after he passes away, thinking of the many jobs he held and his military service.

As an American man returns to his ancestral home in New Hampshire, he imagines how he might have spent the last three years if he had traveled the world and become a Latin American revolutionary.