What Was Left Standing

We started the fires at dusk.The opening to the title story of this collection by Michael Jasper is a distillation of the mix of danger, disquiet, and determination that runs through all sixteen stories.Whether it's the return of a prodigal son to the family farm ("e;The Chicken Project"e;), the young high school teacher conscripted into refereeing a basketball game with his new school's rivals fr...