In stories that ache with longing even as they pulse with new possibilities, Crocker gives us an unforgettable array of ordinary people, sometimes soaring, sometimes sinking, but always, ultimately, barrelling forward towards what's next. In Auditioning, a young twin makes a desperate attempt to reclaim her individuality. In Serving, a father and a son give parallel accounts of what it looks like when you let life eat you from the inside out. In Star of the Sea, a man watches his past get literally torn down before his eyes. And in the Cuffer Prize-winning Dead skin, an after-school walk through the barrens leaves two boys forever changed. 2017.