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Billy McCoy lives in Minneapolis MN and is the author of dozens of books including his lates 'All People Lives Matter'.

Strange Fruit is an eclectic collection of novellas. In story after story McCoy pinpoints the moment a person’s life is forever changed by love, a decision made or not made, or a simple twist of fate. His characters are flawed and fully human: In one story --All People Lives Matter--a richly detailed vignette, that rubs away at the luster of social activism, explores how life can call back those who are furthest adrift. The female narrator on the cusp of young adulthood is Holly, a biology student at the university, and her parents are successful executives. It only seems logical, at first that she should volunteer at an organization that promises hope and social change, contributing her time to an altruistic venture. But her idealism is about to change, and is portended by others who pinpoint her future successes and failures in a nut shell: "You're young, a rabid idealist, impressionable, stupid and going to change the world with your over-powering hope and youthful enthusiasm.The movement is better off with your naiveté, it's a fifth wheel to a truck.You'll jump in with both feet and boldly change the world. Pity you!" The process of a young idealist's disillusionment with her world is a painful one, convincingly and creatively explored...." Illumined by McCoy’s unflinching insight, these lives and others draw us in with their quiet depth and surprise us with their unexpected turn of events. Revised edition: This edition of Strange Fruit includes editorial revisions.

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From the author of Strange Fruit, a beautiful, symphony of a novel about youthful idealism, motherhood, disillusionment and social justice. All People Lives Matter is a richly detailed vignette, that rubs away at the luster of social activism and explores how life can call back those who are furthest adrift. The female narrator on the cusp of young adulthood is Holly, a biology student at the university, and her parents are successful executives. It only seems logical, at first that she should volunteer at an organization that promises hope and social change, contributing her time to an altruistic venture. But her idealism is about to change, and is portended by others who pinpoint her future successes and failures in a nut shell: "You're young, a rabid idealist, impressionable, stupid and going to change the world with your over-powering hope and youthful enthusiasm.The movement is better off with your naiveté, it's a fifth wheel to a truck.You'll jump in with both feet and boldly change the world. Pity you!" The process of a young idealist's disillusionment with her world is a painful one, convincingly and creatively explored...."

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A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, The Maven Trap seamlessly weaves together the lives of several of characters. When spoiled Lionel unexpectedly receives an inheritance, his life along with others are plunged into turmoil. Lionel is an idealist who believes primarily in the will of people, and lives by the mantra "all or nothing". To make compromises is therefore difficult, or by his moral standards questionable at best. His visions are great, but his judgment of others is often harsh and unfair. The Maven Trap is a meditation on love---love as a tragic, incomprehensible and unpredictable force of nature.

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Some choices are made-- a decision to leave home or whom to love--with irrevocable and surprising consequences. At other times disaster is courted or barely skirted: a woman hemmed into a loveless marriage decides to leave her husband; a mother has to decide what to do with an over indulged son. In Ellie Dalton and other stories, sisters, mothers, son and friends in these stories shimmer with hope and love, anger and reconciliation, as they contend with their histories and their present, and the vagaries of love, the passion that leads down unexpected paths, the chaos hovering just under the surface of things, and the strange, often comical desires of the human heart.

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10,000 Promises is a collection of gripping stories about unexpected love, friendship, trust, heartache and tragedy. Erica Hays, hemmed into a loveless marriage and disenchanted with her husband, seeks an escape. Soon she is tempted into a brief liaison with another man, destroying her reputation, but McCoy ridicules not only Erica, but the social norms that judge her. Hilarity and absurdity---along with mordant wit---abound in Online Dating: a Memoir, McCoy's controversial short story, which tells the story of delusional Peyton Cresap's devouring and doomed passion for online dating. Online Dating: a Memoir is also the story of a quintessentially alienated man colliding with a cheerful world which he cannot accept. Rich in detail and epic in scope, 10,000 Promises is a powerful collection of short stories of resilience, second chances and unexpected consequences.

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