In Nick and Lorraine Were Lovers, David C. Metz tells stories of everyday people with compassion, humor, and a clear understanding of the human condition.
“A collection of elegant and open-hearted stories.”—Kirkus Reviews
“There are no gimmicks in this exceptional collection of stories written with a clear-eyed understanding of the way our own decisions, regrets, desires, and hopes, and those of the people we encounter along the way, loom over our lives for better and for worse. These characters feel like friends and relatives, past and present, a family or regional history of fully imagined, flesh and blood people pushing themselves toward and away from each other for good and bad reasons they mostly don’t quite comprehend until damage is done and fates are sealed. Just like real life. A sparkling debut collection whose characters will stick with you long after you’ve put the book down.” –Dave Housley, author of The Other Ones, Looney, This Darkness Got to Give, and others.
Description:
There are no superheroes in Nick and Lorraine Were Lovers, just ordinary people caught in moments of crisis as they get on with their lives. A middle-aged corporate lawyer confronts a painful childhood memory in the wake of the George Floyd protests. A college student is on a mission to rescue his former lover from herself. A single mother is haunted by the suicide of her daughter. In a small Midwest town in the 1950’s, a boy plays “Army” with his friends and discovers the meaning of loyalty. These are some of the characters you will meet in these stories by David C. Metz. People whose stories—funny, sad, poignant—Metz tells with compassion, humor and a clear understanding of the human condition.
About the author:
David C. Metz’s stories have appeared in several literary magazines, including The MacGuffin, New Plains Review, Bull, Valparaiso Fiction Review and Perceptions. Originally from Illinois, he lives with his wife in Damascus, Maryland.
About Apprentice House:
Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process. As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion. Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively.
