McKean County and Other Stories

McKean County, Pennsylvania is located in the Allegheny Mountains, three hundred miles north of Pittsburgh, ninety miles south of Buffalo, New York, and twenty-five years behind anywhere else. Matt Lang grew up there and moved away. He lives in Chicago now. So begins the title story from this startling debut collection of short-stories. In ';Key West', ';Manila, Mindoro, Manila', and ';McKean, County', Matt Lang is a man a notch or two out of place. ';384 Miles to Omaha' is an unflinching look at the consequences of a father who thinks he has no choice. ';Back to Ur' is the fable of a father who knows he has a choice, but is conflicted about what to choose. ';A Hot Dog Love Story' is, well, a love story. With a hot dog in it. Full of equal parts humor and heartbreak, McKean County and Other Stories will keep you off balance even as it pulls you in deeper.