Short stories tagged with Vignettes.
Listing 22 stories.
During World War I, a librarian has her heart broken by a soldier overseas and she tries to overcome her sadness.
When a mother's memory begins to deteriorate, her daughter catalogs her memories, both the ones she does and doesn't remember.
In a small town, a resident watches as the people and place change before his very eyes. He recounts eight seemingly disparate stories, but the town connects them all.
An older woman has her seductive routine down to a t, but when her usual methods fail, she is surprised by her suitor's own methods.
In a small rural farm town, a middle-aged poet struggles with aging and finding meaning in his life.
A couple marry after being unfaithful to each other in a scintillating game of cat and mouse.
A series of interconnected vignettes and characters explores themes of race, incarceration, family, heartbreak, and love.
When an uncle's last-chance marriage brings a mysterious girl into a Russian-Canadian teenage boy's life, their burgeoning relationship upends his social standing and threatens to tear his family apart.
A wealthy family moves into a mansion on an island and raises several generations there. As the years pass, different family members show how things have both changed and also stayed the same within the house.
A series of "sketches" illustrating the perverse and horrific crimes perpetrated by soldiers during WW2.