Adaline and Other Short Stories

Ten short stories that explore—
the secrets she guards within her private room,
a blood-colored carpet woven by a carpet maker in a world that has never known the color red,
a tattoo artist tracing endlessly repetitive patterns with the tip of a needle,
a bookstore owner determined to delve into the mind of a writer,
a man who seems to be falling in love with three women who exist as one,
and more.

“Do you like her? Cosetto, I mean.”
“I don’t know. I’ve never really thought about it.”
“I see.”
“All I know is that she’s mature. Very intelligent, too. Though she has her flaws.”

I don’t know how a pleasure-seeking man like myself could sit in the same room as Cosetto without feeling somehow inferior.

—Excerpt from Thinking of Vernazza

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Adaline and Other Short Stories received the First Runner-Up award at the 21st Seven Book Awards in the Short Story Collection category.