the original 1992 script (which is one act) and an expanded 2012 version (which is two acts). According to the play's introduction (reprinted on the author's site), the original script called for two characters (the Interviewer and the Sphinx) while the expanded version calls for two additional characters (Sigmund Freud and Florence Nightingale) who serve as a kind of Greek chorus. In a video interview, Matthews said he got the original idea for the play after writing an article in the 1960s for the CEA Critic arguing that Oedipus did not actually solve the riddle of the Sphinx. He said in the video, "The play itself isn't exactly about that; it's about the Sphinx herself as a kind of force of nature, as a demonic character and as an utterly fascinating woman." The author's website announced in early 2013 that Personville Press would be publishing four new short story collections by Matthews. The last short story collection was published in 1993. The first collection (titled Soldier Boys and published in April 2016) "depicts how ordinary Civil War soldiers deal with the rigors of war and have to confront life-and-death questions". According to the book's preface, "Soldier Boys operates on a more metaphysical level – beyond the Civil War or even war itself. These stories come from the head of a retired author in his 70s who had already been writing stories most of his life." The second collection of flash fiction (titled Abruptions: 3 Minute Tales to Awaken the Mind) was published in October, 2017. Matthews wrote stories for this volume during his last decade of life and published several of the "abruptions" under the pseudonym Matt Hughes. According to Personville Press (the book's publisher), these abruptions (or "very short stories that end abruptly") are "poetic and fable-like tales about quirky people from small towns -- told with simple language, flashes of humor and a sage's sense of wonder and irony". The third collection,Second Death of Edgar Allan Poe and other Stories contained "down-to-earth yarns: gently satirical and reminiscent of John Cheever’s fiction. Most are like pleasant strolls through Midwestern neighborhoods, glimpsing random people at backyard parties, cafes and parking lots." The fourth collection, Boxes of Time was a "collection of stories written over the decades which have appeared in various literary magazines" and is expected to be published in 2022. In June 2015, Nine Point Publishing announced the publication