The Barista and I

Andrew Szymanskis debut fiction collection takes onsubjects such as idealized love in an illogical world,ruminations on the realities of failed relationships,and the inability to make meaningful connections.In these stories, a man recruits a sexual companion tochase his lost lover across the globe; a recent graduateremembers with bitter nostalgia his formative years;a man and woman contend with their own neuros esand anxieties in trying to pick each other up.Szymanskis distinct voice permeates these stories ofcharacters trying vainly to escape the ennui of theirlives through the distractions of dreams and vices.