The Glass Heart: A Collection of Stories . . .and Such by Robert Edward Levin

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Whether running from the darkness of a haunting past, searching for reason in the face of madness, giving others the gift of hope, or ignoring the sum of life, waiting instead for something better to come along, THE GLASS HEART offers a wonderful variety of stories where the heartfelt and the heartless meet.

About the Author:
Author of the 1998 thriller, THE LIZARD AND THE FLY, and coauthor of ABOUT FACE, a novel presently scheduled for publication in 2003, Robert Edward Levin resides in Michigan, where he is currently working on his third novel. THE GLASS HEART is his first collection of short stories.

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What about the dress? She wondered, looking over her shoulder. Is it too long, too short, too sexy, not sexy enough, or did it, (heaven forbid), make her look fat? The dress was, after all, designed for a tight fit. But how tight is tight? By the same token, how fat is fat? Were her tummy rolls showing? Were her hips sticking out? And did her butt, or for that matter her breasts, once firm images of a high school cheerleader, look as big and as bouncy as they felt?

Jennie took a deep, calming breath (except that it didn't calm her), and turned away from the mirror once more. At least she still had her green eyes -wintergreen is how her mother always described them. Then again, her mother had lousy eyesight. Besides, with the anxiety of her twenty year high school reunion to deprive her of a good night's sleep the entire week, Jennie was more concerned that her eyes looked tired and red. Perhaps her new perfume was the culprit. Perhaps she was allergic to it. And speaking of perfume, what about her makeup? For god sakes what if she put too much on? Worse still, what if she didn't put on enough? Those damn laugh-lines, remember? Or had the last twenty years turned them into creases (not wrinkles, never wrinkles), creases?

Twenty years - hardly a lifetime, and yet, with the reunion a little over an hour away Jennie's thoughts returned to Jeffrey, dear, dear Jeffrey, and she knew that it was also much more than a fading memory.