A darkly comic and quietly unsettling collection of short stories about the strange ways people navigate friendship, family, memory, loneliness, and the stories they tell themselves. With an eye for the absurd and an ear for authentic conversation, these stories move easily between humor and unease, often revealing something deeper just when the reader thinks the joke is over. The characters are recognizable but unpredictable, caught in ordinary moments that gradually become something more complicated. In this collection, laughter and discomfort often share the same seat at the bar. The story included here offers a representative glimpse of that territory: funny, conversational, and ultimately questioning how well any of us can really know another person—or ourselves.