Ecstatic Cahoots : Fifty Short Stories / Stuart Dybek.

Misterioso -- The start of something -- Drive -- I never told this to anyone -- Fridge -- Midwife -- Confession -- The kiss -- Cordoba -- Ordinary nudes -- Current -- A confluence of doors -- Hometown -- Ant -- Ransom -- Marvelous encounters of my life -- The samaritan -- Fantasy -- Transaction -- Flu -- Swing -- Between -- Arf -- Fingerprints -- Mole man -- Bruise -- Ravenswood -- Brisket -- Alms -- Here comes the sun -- Coat -- Fedora -- Goodwill -- Dark ages -- Wash -- Vista di Mare -- Voyeur of rain -- Naked -- Tea ceremony -- The question -- Transients welcome -- Flies -- Aria -- Belly button -- Ice -- The story of mist -- Happy ending -- Fiction -- Inland sea -- Pink ocean.

A collection of fifty original mini-stories explores the need to achieve ecstatic self-transcendence as well as trust between lovers, friends, family, and strangers.