The Taste of Penny

Tight, wry, dark, and deeply funny, The Taste of Penny agitates the senses in stories modern and mischievous. This collection captures love, relationships, and finding one's way in the twenty-first century.Jeff Parker 's work has been included in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 , The 2005 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories , and other anthologies.

Jeff Parker is the author of the novel Ovenman (Tin House). His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in American Short Fiction, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Indiana Review, Ploughshares, Tin House, The Walrus, and others. He teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto.

False Cognate	p. 11
Our Cause	p. 26
The Taste of Penny	p. 48
An Evening of Jenga“	p. 69
The Boy and the Colgante	p. 79
The Briefcase of the Pregnant Spylady	p. 88
Owned	p. 102
James Stories
James's Fear of Birds	p. 107
The Back of the Line	p. 112
James's Low Moment	p. 120
James's Love of Laundromats	p. 132
Bingo	p. 146
Two Hours and Fifty-Three Minutes	p. 160
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