I could probably dress this up a bit, making it more entertaining, but I won’t. This is a simple story about a simple transaction. I was at the gas station, ready to buy a drink, when they told me their card machine was down and they could only take cash. I started to put my stuff back, when the person behind me offered to pay for my drink. I thanked him, and on the way out he said, “One love, man. Pay it forward.” A genuinely decent person in a world that has only been getting darker recentl...

Anthologies took me much longer to read than any other book if the same size. It just lead to a slower process overall. Each new story had a new pace…..