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In this bleak Long Island anthology, editor Jones (Lies My Mother Never Told Me) uses the American Dream as her overarching theme, à la The Great Gatsby. She divides the volume into four parts: Family Values, Hitting It Big, Love and Other Horrors, and American Dreamers. She has brought in Reed Farrel Coleman, Sarah Weinman, Nick Mamatas, Richie Narvaez, and others, who each write about their own geographic part of the island. For example, Kenneth Wishnia's "Blood Drive" features a Port...Log In or Sign Up to Read More