Here's the Thing

John's second book of stories, some not so short this time, delves again into the consequences of some ordinary, and some extraordinary, events involving otherwise ordinary people in mid-life. Some face ghosts of their past and contend with their own character traits and flaws. Some fall in, or out of, love; some form unexpected friendships; and some deal with a variety of aspects of death. Other stories are idiosyncrasies of family and neighbour relationships, with unexpected tensions and outcomes.