All This Digging and other Stories

The original versions of these stories appeared in collections written for my Master’s Thesis. Approximately half were written in 1998-99 and the other half in 2002-03, with several of the first set being rewritten for the final thesis itself. The only story published outside of the project is “Hero,” which appeared in the 1999 edition of Proscenium, the literary magazine for Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.Not having touched the stories since 2003, I revisited them for the sole purpose of publishing them in this collection. They have been edited, though I chose to keep the stories close to the original versions, adding details here or there as I saw fit after having been away from them for so long.“Switcheroo” was extracted from “Interview,” and I’ve included both stories so the read can see the birth of one story from another.I hope you enjoy these tales and take pleasure in visiting some of the deepest, darkest realms that existed only in my mind’s eye before being placed on the page for the world to see.