title: Pieces & Stems: Stories By Stephen O'Rourke
author:  Stephen O'Rourke 
description: Stephen ORourke lives in Riverdale, New York with his wife and son. In addition to Pieces & Stems, he has written four novels, a novella and a poetry collection.
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  Copyright © 2019 by Dan Conway
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Zealot Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  1325 Howard Avenue #920
  
  
  
  
  
  Burlingame, CA 94010
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-7331717-0-0 (print)
  
  
  
  
  
  978-1-7331717-1-7 (audio book)
  
  
  
  
  
  978-1-7331717-2-4 (ebook)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Dedication
  
  
  
  
  
  To my sister Maureen O’Rourke, who called bullshit and laid it all on the
  line.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](part0002.html#_idTextAnchor000)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Author’s Note](part0004.html#_idTextAnchor001)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0005.html#_idTextAnchor002)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Climbing the Ladder](part0006_split_001.html#_idTextAnchor003)  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Deliverance](part0007_split_001.html#_idT