Little Journeys : Collected Stories

Whenever I think of Jory Sherman I find myself remembering the great English poet John Milton... All of these stories reach deeply into the human heart, and touch upon the great burdens that life brings to us all. These are stories of optimism, of love remembered, of the unexpected sweetness of grief, of the impulsive kindness that transformed a life and he gives us still more. Jory Sherman is quintessentially a poet, and he brings his mastery of the English tongue to each of these stories. He is so much the poet that his prose could be read as lyric poetry, and the reader will be inspired to pause and relish a passage, and reread it with delight. I am pleased to introduce here some of the richest short stories penned in modern times, written by a master. ¿Richard S. Wheeler (from the introduction)