title: Charactered Pieces: stories
author:  Caleb J Ross 
description: [Ross]crafts stories that are powerful, accessible, and unsettling enough to draw the reader in...prompting the imagination to extend the implications long after the final word has been read. --Present Magazine, Pete Dulin
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  # His Boy Blue
  
  
  ## A Little Bit of Perfect
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chloe Gray
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3Q280-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.html#4OIQ0-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0006.html#5N3C0-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0007.html#6LJU0-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0008.html#7K4G0-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0009.html#8IL20-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0010.html#9H5K0-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0011.html#AFM60-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epilogue](part0012_split_000.html#BE6O0-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Excerpt from Adler and
  Orrick](part0013.html#CCNA0-111c5ed7d2764408af459a0ae1c4927c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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