James Groccia

Moonlight on the Sun: and Other Stories James Groccia

Moonlight On The Sun is a collection of twenty-six short stories written in the Fall and Winter of 2010-2011 that cover four decades of American life. Its stories are placed in the America of that time and take place is such diverse locations as the North Country of New York, the hills of Western Michigan, the Painted Desert, the High Sierras, Vietnam and the cities of New York, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco. We meet Tory, over four connected stories, in his journey from disillusioned student to soldier in Vietnam; Amante a photographer obsessed with tombstone angels; Caitlin an eight year old girl who discovers her parents underneath their veneer; Andria, a blocked writer struggling to find love, Zack, a prisoner in his own mountain ?A? frame, Christopher, a musician who falls in love with a woman with two personalities; and other stories of love and obsession and the seeking of the human heart.