title: Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events: Stories
author:  Kevin Moffett 
description: The first thing you notice reading the stories in <i>Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events</i> is the authors extraordinary range--of expertise, technique, imagination and wit. There doesnt seem to be much Kevin Moffett cant do. (<b>Richard Russo</b>)<br /><br />Kevin Moffetts stories are stealth heartbreakers, as well as wonders of sly detail and perfect tone. Hes writing some of the best short fiction around. (<b>Sam Lipsyte</b>)<br /><br />These stories are as enormously funny as they are enormously sad. Moffett deals in wisdom, humor, and sympathy with extraordinary fluency; the results are always as unsettling as they are reassuring. And this seems to me about as close as you can come to writing the truth about life. (<b>Chris Adrian</b>)<br /><br />Humor is too often heartless, sheer cleverness lacking content. Kevin Moffett is a member of that delightful minority that takes up the ordinary to reveal the extraordinary. These stories are funny, insightful, and reveal, but never strive for, true depth. (<b>Alice Sebold</b>)<br /><br />Moffetts work is melancholy and funny at the same time. . . . Language soars in unexpected directions. . . . This collection will leave readers grateful to have encountered characters who are as odd as they are, as sad as they may be, and as stupidly hopeful. (<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</b>)<br /><br />Marvelous stories. (<b><i>Vanity Fair</i></b>)<br /><br />One of the most delightful collections in recent memory. . . . Its rare to see as bright a star as Moffett on the literary scene. With this lovely collection, he is one to watch. (<b>The Rumpus</b>)
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  # THEIR HYBRID
  
  
  By Skye MacKinnon
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are
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  THEIR HYBRID
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **First edition. August 17, 2019.**
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 Skye MacKinnon.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Written by Skye MacKinnon.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html#0-3748b2a39bf94882abfa5fb024a38120)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0001.html#UGI0-3748b2a39bf94882abfa5fb024a38120)
  
  
  [Dedication](part0003.html#2RHM0-3748b2a39bf94882abfa5fb024a38120)
  
  
  [Blurb](part0004_split_000.html#3Q280-3748b2a39bf94882abfa5fb024a38120)
  
  
  [CHAPTER ONE](part0005_split_000.html#4OIQ0-3748b2a39bf94882abfa5fb024a38120)
  
  
  [CHAPTER TWO](part0006_split_000.html#5N3C0-3748b2a39bf94882abfa5fb024a38120)
  
  
  [CHAPTER
  THREE](part0007_split_000.html#6LJU0-3748b2a39bf94882abfa5fb024a38120)
  
  
  [CHAPTER FOUR](part0008_split_000.html#7K4G0-3748b2a39bf94882abfa5fb024a38120)
  
  
  [CHAPTER FIVE](pa