Unrequited and Other Stories

Internet dating and the end of the world. Failed relationships and a morning after pill for marriage. Alcoholism and an elf's head mug. These are just a few of the many strange combinations to be found in <i>Unrequited and Other Stories</i> the first collection of short stories by Kyle Garret. <br>Each of these three stories is different; each exhibits a range in storytelling style and genre yet each contains a shared sense of longing a shared pursuit for something good when things are at their worst. There's pessimistic defiance in these stories a panglossian refusal to let the breakdown have the last word. <br>Sometimes bleak occasionally chaotic but always affecting this collection features a little something for everyone from romance to horror to dark comedy.<br>In the end <I>Unrequited and Other Stories</I> is about what we make with what we're given.