Aleph Café: Stories: Stories

Among the stories in the this collection a man with his marriage in trouble meets the ghost of a famous writer in a cafe and gets over writers block; a gambler with a knack for losing cant stay dead for long much to the chagrin of his bookie in 1920s New Jersey; a boy recalls watching a neighbor play chess against a stranger who just may be the devil come to collect the old mans soul; against her familys wishes a young girl climbs the tallest tree in her town glimpses a fairyland and pays the ultimate price; and a teen girl divides her time between being institutionalized and navigating her new neighborhood where she learns a heartbreaking lesson about people moving on in life.