Misfits

<p><em>Misfits</em> is a startling collection of short stories -- heartfelt compassionate full. of sentiment yet unsentimental. </p><p><br></p><p>--Paul Wolansky Film Professor Co-writer of <em>The Guide and Dovbush: Lord of Black Mountain</em></p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p><br></p><p>How do you connect with others when you always feel out of place?</p><p><br></p><p>Following a kaleidoscopic array of characters adrift in a precarious world <em>Misfits</em> grapples with the challenges of contemporary life including climate change inequality uncertainty and pain.</p><p><br></p><p>A depressed accountant stumbles on a teenage eco-terrorist in a parking garage; a middle-aged psychiatrist buys a drink for a seductive young artist during a flight delay; an out-of-work journalist recruits Chicano gangbangers to help a desperate tennis partner; a troubled biologist runs into J. Robert Oppenheimer in a Santa Fe hotel.</p><p><br></p><p>These fraught encounters all have unexpected and startling consequences. Despite their differences in age background and circumstance the characters in <em>Misfits</em> share a common sense of dislocation and alienation. They struggle to find a sense of belonging and connection but ultimately discover unexpected sources of resilience and hope.</p><p><br></p><p>With its evocative portrayal of Los Angeles as a microcosm of contemporary society <em>Misfits</em> offers a compelling exploration of the human condition in an unpredictable and rapidly changing world.</p>