We Live in Water: Stories

From the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, the first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter—a suite of diverse and searching stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit, keen eye, and generosity of spirit that has made him a reader favorite—now available as a special Harper Perennial Olive Edition.

These twelve stories—originally published in Harper’s, The Best American Short Stories, McSweeney’s, Playboy, and other publi...