Fires of Our Choosing

Eugene Cross captures much of his generation's fears and excitements with a collection of realistic stories that borders on darkness at times. His is a voice combining humor and pathos with an edginess creating fresh new stories that are being published in great literary journals regularly. His contemporaries are Laura van den Berg, Josh Weil, and Benjamin Percy. Eugene Cross teaches English and creative writing at Penn State University, Erie, Pennsylvania, where he received the 2008 Faculty Scholarship. His stories have appeared in Storyglossia, Guernica, Hobart, Third Coast, and other literary journals.