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From Ireland, Iowa, New Orleans, Dublin, New York and beyond, the short stories in this collection explore a wide range of themes: secrets in the past, challenged sexual identity, losing one’s faith, getting old, unsatisfactory answers to questions, advice to your younger self, the power of a Native American artifact, hazards for women in research, a woman pilot trying to join the “boys club,” love is not all it appears to be.

MARY BEHAN is a former professor of neuroscience. Now retired, she devotes her time to writing fiction, memoir, and short stories. Her first book, Abbey Girls, is a memoir she wrote with her sister, Valerie Behan, about their childhood in Ireland. Her debut novel, A Measured Thread, set in Wisconsin and Ireland, was named a Top 100 Indie Book in 2020, a finalist in the Page Turner Awards, and an eLit medal winner. Kernels, a collection of short stories, was published in 2021 and is a 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie award winner. Her stories have been published in the Irish literary journal, Crossways, and received Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest Writing Competition. Mary lives with her husband in the Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin. Visit her at mvbehan.com.