After the Bullfight, and Other Stories

Three short stories: "After the Bullfight" Connor, an American, meets Catalina in Sevilla. After he attends the bullfight, they have dinner and walk to her apartment, where she teaches him the tango. He leaves for Granada the next morning, but memories of Catalina linger. In Granada, Connor meets an old man, the owner of a guitar shop. The man questions Connor about where he's been, who he's met along the way, and where he's going. Connor mentions Catalina. The man reveals his own story, and now Connor must decide what road to travel when he leaves Granada. "A Perfect Place" follows a Michigan teenager's summer after his graduation from high school. While trying to survive his broken home life, Garrett meets Becky. She teaches him to sail the calm waters of Houghton Lake, but tragedy soon separates them forever. "Sparrows in the Snow" traces a famous London disc jockey's evening of revelry. Between wine and weed and kisses, he questions his ideas of life and fame and death.