The Acorn Stories: Second Edition

Small-town life is funnier and crazier than you imagined! These West Texas tales reveal the closely connected lives of rural eccentrics. Some of the Stories.

“Acorn”: When we arrive at the fictional West Texas town of Acorn, the narrative keeps shifting between Regina and Dirk, who both seek control over their relationship.

“Survival”: A young teacher (both deaf and gay) clashes with a popular football coach.

“Keeping A Secret”: A little boy wants to shield his mother and his little brother from a dangerous situation.

“Knock”: A father sees his daughter abandon her Mexican heritage, and he now fears other types of abandonment.

“Flip, Turn”: A different scene from the narrator's amusing but unproductive life comes to him every time he turns to swim in the opposite direction.