The House Across the Road and Other Stories is the first published fiction by Dave Schwartz. Reflecting his music composition background, this collection evokes a song cycle, and, like the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s, these fourteen works are not connected by their similarities, but rather, by their diversity. This is an eclectic mix of genres ranging from fable and sci-fi to Southern fiction and poetry that explore aging, parenting, sexual dysfunction, narcissism, loneliness, and the decline of the American Dream. Throughout, there is a clean writing style that is at once naïve, humorous, and sarcastic, while maintaining a deeply philosophical and optimistic tone. The House Across the Road was written for readers who love short stories.
