Cooper: A Short Story

Forensic firearms analyst Timothy Woodsman loves his job. Until Cooper, one of the guns passing through his lab, starts making conversation.At first he thinks it must be a trick-the guys picking on the lab rat-and vows to ignore them.But when his past, present and future collide, a quest for identity begins.Does he need Cooper to rediscover or just redefine himself?A slightly different version of this story appeared in To Be Men: Stories Celebrating Masculinity