In Real Life, And Other Fictions

Molli Rockets collection of short stories is a journey through the undefinable spaces in-between. Like things remembered when just waking from a dream, these stories sit where life is never in sharp focus. This disconnection is reminiscent of Roald Dahls short stories, tales that have been torn up and pasted back together, the glue holding the pieces only apparent in hindsight. In a world of stories that dramatize everything to a climactic ending, Rockets characters nonchalantly take things as they come, never fully boxed into any extreme. With these fuzzy edges and a consistently flawed, fragile love, Rocket captures the messiness of life in all its broken possibilities. Heidi Noelle Hartbarger "The Photographer's Daughter" Theres this moment in every important relationship where youre not sure. Laugh, cry, throw up? Shrug your shoulders and get drunk? These are those kinds of stories. Molli Rocket