<p>Michael Andreoni examines the working-class life in this collection of sixteen short stories. Written with grit and touches of humor, these thought-provoking stories offer an insight into the flawed and intriguing humanness within us all.</p><p><strong>The Window Is a Mirror</strong>: A maintenance man is offered his own TV reality show and discovers it&rsquo;s not what he imagined.</p><p>Highlighted stories in the collection include:</p><p><strong>Edwin Floating</strong>: Edwin and his sister confront the dark history that led to their divorces.<br />
<strong>Drambuie Tam</strong>: When a diminutive female miner comes down the mountain looking for more than a drink, the town of Argent Springs will never be the same.<br />
<strong>Julian&rsquo;s Crunchy Apotheosis</strong>: An ambitious advertising executive is transformed into a dark god who can sell anything to anyone.<br />
<strong>Moving Day</strong>: A small-town criminal is obsessed with getting out of a too-small town.<br />
<strong>Fifteen Tops</strong>: A genius software developer is convinced the country would run better if everyone listened to him.</p><p>Other stories included in the collection:<br />
<strong>Stump</strong>,<strong> The Window Is a Mirror</strong>, <strong>Edwin Floating</strong>,<strong> Drambuie Tam</strong>, <strong>Julian&rsquo;s Crunchy Apotheosis</strong>, <strong>Pastoral</strong>, <strong>Possum Haw</strong>,<strong> Moving Day</strong>,<strong> Brown Black No Ink</strong>, <strong>The Devil-Ape of Goma</strong>,<strong> Consolidated Freight</strong>,<strong> Fifteen Tops</strong>, <strong>Soft Power</strong>,<strong> The Symmetry of Children</strong>,<strong> Tea Party</strong>,<strong> and The Approach to the Bridge</strong>.</p>