My Life in Heavy Metal

Stories

1. My Life in Heavy Metal - the sexual exploits of a rock critic who attends a Metallica concert at which "the bassist introduces himself by farting into his microphone"
2. Among the Ik - a widowed anthropology professor remembers a dead student
3. Geek Player, Love Slayer
4. The Last Single Days of Don Victor Potapenko - the comical adventures of an aging lothario
5. Run Away, My Pale Love
6. The Law of Sugar
7. The Pass
8. Moscow
9. Valentino - Iowa teenage boys talk about beauty and love
10. How to Love a Republican
11. Pornography
12. The Body in Extremis

    Critical response

Previous publications

• My Life in Heavy Metal, and How to Love a Republican, were published in Playboy.
• Among the Ik, was published in Zoetrope: All Story.
• Greek Player, Love Slayer, was published in the Missouri Review.
• The Last Single Days of Don Victor Potapenko, was published in Another Chicago Magazine.
• Run Away, My Pale Love, was published in Ploughshares.
• The Law of Sugar, was published in The Denver Quarterly.
• The Pass, was published in the New England Review.
• Moscow, was published in the North American Review.
• Valentino, was published in Other Voices.
• Pornography, was published in Boulevard.
• The Body in Extremis, was published in the Anthology the Ex-Files.