Stories in the collection include: * "The Nazi Next Door" - A young Jewish man learns of his neighbor's connection to Nazism. * "Fortunate Son" - A mother learns that her son has gone Missing in Action in Iraq. * "Lessons and Lies" - A male adolescent's romantic hopes go up in smoke in a nasty fashion. * "Catching Up with Cartucci" - An interview with a former abuser ends up with a surprise. * "My Life of Crime" - A day in the life of a petty thief. * "Missing Pieces" - Another story of a petty criminal whose bad acts catch up with him. * "Bad Neighborhood" - A young father and his daughter experience crime at their local grocery store. * "Glass Slippers" - A young man relocates to a town where nobody knows and works at a menial job to escape past hurts. *