Snowing a Little In Paris and Other Cold War Stories

“Burkett sees his life as a series of literary vignettes, and here are those stories capturing his days in the military. Not tales of a shooting war … rather they’re the sharp observations of a young man facing a cold war of the heart.”
- Shirrel Rhoades
Former Associate Publisher,
Harper’s Magazine

Another masterful collection of short fiction from the author of Mean Grey Old Morning, After August, Twin Killing, and Sleeping Planet. Here are impressionistic stories about his military days in Europe and budding love in the City of Lights.

William R. Burkett, Jr. published his first novel at 18. His first job was as a copy boy for the Florida Times-Union and Jacksonville Journal, but that soon gave way to a position as feature writer. After a tour of duty as an M.P. in Germany, he resumed his journalistic career. Although he cut his teeth as a science fiction writer, this collection of short fiction proves he has a good sense of drama and a serious turn of phrase.