FIVE SHORT STORIES totalling 10k words; Looking for something different? Something that defies category? 1) "Many a Good Man" is a haunting trip that dumbfounds a young man after seeing a shapely woman sunbathing. Do they really rob banks? 2) "Something Woke Me" finds a young man revisiting his parents' history, including a critical moment that might deny his birth. 3) The Well of Ipetlatah is the stuff of legend and fantasy, as a great immortal spirit interacts with natives and then the white man in and around Ft. Rock, Oregon. 4) "The Great Blue Heron" is a bewildering tale of sacrifice and survival which mirrors heart-gripping terror by two women 150 years apart at the same location. 5) "The Afghan" celebrates but diffuses longevity and memory in a vivid scene of vague references.