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"One morning, a woman went out to walk her dog and returned home a millionaire. What was significant was not that she, a newly recovered alcoholic, redeemed the lottery ticket at B&B Liquors but that, for twenty-three years, she told no one about the winnings." -From the short story "Offshore" This collection of ten short stories tells of ordinary people in extraordinary, sometimes supernatural circumstances. Author Z. Kelley delves into the very essence of our psyche to create a stunning portrait of the human condition. "Autoerotica"-A woman who cannot remember her own name visits an auto mechanic. She disappears as mysteriously as she arrives but not before she repairs the mechanics of his soul. "Blue Lawn of Heaven"-the man who has everything-wealth, stature, a mansion on the Blue Lawn of Heaven-discovers the one thing he cannot live without-the love of a strange woman who can never be his. "Superman Redux"-The Milosevic brothers, renowned film directors, are torn apart by a femme fatale. Will she destroy their relationship?