The Disappeared by Andrew Porter

I just found Andrew Porter just this year and have since devoured everything that he has written. He is an absolute master of the short story form and has quickly become one of my absolute favorite writers working today. — MJD

Summary:

A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives.

A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative—lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one’s youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and beauty and need.

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