Dennis Must is the author of two short story collections: Oh, Don't Ask Why (Red Hen Press, Los Angeles, CA, 2007) and Banjo Grease (Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley, CA, 2000), plus a forthcoming novel, The World's Smallest Bible, to be published by Red Hen Press. His plays have been performed Off Off Broadway and his fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and literary reviews. He resides with his wife in Salem, Massachusetts. For more information, visit him at www.dennismust.com.
“The image never goes away. “I’m unable to see him, but I can feel his hand on my right shoulder. I blanch at the odor of tobacco and booze as he warbles too close to my head. His voice is pregnant with regret, the elegy of...