"You're trying to do too much with this collection," a friend told him. "I can't tell if you're writing jokes or poems or stories. This book is all over the place!"

He nodded. Maybe it was. But then there are so many different aspects to a person's personality, he figured.

Maybe an eclectic collection of stories wasn't such a bad thing after all.

At least he hoped so.

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Ran Walker's twentieth book pulls together a wide variety of microfiction stories. From the raw to the sublime, this collection explores Walker's ever-evolving take on the form.