The Cost of Espresso and Other Things

By Justice McCray

Justice McCray's THE COST OF ESPRESSO AND OTHER THINGS, reflects on the reality of love when it is not whole or requited. The four short stories in this collection look at love and laugh at its lack of forgiveness. These stories watch love fail to endure through age and pair well with a cup of espresso.

Each story in this collection glimpses at a failing relationship, each taking place at a different point in life. Watch a titanic night of romance sink in "I don't," where the perfect date goes overboard. Experience the feelings of smallness with old age in "The Matchbox Motel," after the spark between an arson couple fizzles. "The Cost of Espresso" feeds on indecisiveness as a photographer is forced to choose between his two greatest loves. "After P.E.," a relationship is watched through the eyes of innocence as grammar school student Cody gets to spend an afternoon with one of his parents. Whether in love, in transit, or in line at a coffee shop, these short reads offer a glimpse of life's loneliness at all ages, especially in the moments not spent alone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Justice McCray
• Release date: May 25, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463398982

Justice McCray

Justice McCray is a screenwriter, currently earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Full Sail University. His work has been featured in Exposed Literary Magazine and Scarlett Leaf Review. He enjoys the theatre and has stage managed several small productions. In his free time, McCray enjoys baking seasonal desserts, collecting bowties, and playing badminton.

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The Cost of Espresso and Other Things

Justice McCray

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

I Don’t

Matchbox Motel

The Cost of Espresso

After P.E.

About the Author

Connect with the Author

I Don’t

I don’t think we should do this today. Madison watched a bottle of champagne role around her feet as she bounced with the waves.

Nonsense, Athen said from the dock. He tossed his oars into the poor