Interpersonal Agonies and Other Pleasures

By Preston Canavan

"She's The Worst" articulates the throbbing loathing that leaks from jealousy, and how we smile through it nonetheless. "Mr. Gimble" shares the professional relationship between an executive and a subordinate of his, and the fragile sanity of a pressurized man. "Shattered Cherubs" depicts unmet needs and the final moments of a vintage love story. "You Killed It Tonight" follows a troubled comedian to a stage, after losing the love of his life. "The Black Cat's Meow" is a silly small-town tale painting a preteen on the precipice of his first love - if he can only figure out what to get her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Preston Canavan
• Release date: Sep 26, 2021

Preston Canavan

Preston Canavan is a renaissance manboy. He is currently enrolled at Full Sail University earning a BFA in Creative Writing. He writes spec scripts, pilots, screenplays, stage plays, and jokes. He was head writer of “The Lights Out Show”, a pilot produced in 2017. He also performs and composes music for several local groups, and is proficient on piano, electric bass, and trumpet. He played with the 2013 All-County Jazz Band, the 2014 All-County Jazz Band and the 2016 Blue Lake International Jazz Ensemble. He has a flash fiction story, “Perennial Undulation”, published by Adelaide Literary Magazine. He currently has 10,000 TikTok followers, having accrued moderate fame for a video of him cursing out his cat.

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Interpersonal Agonies and Other Pleasures

Preston Canavan

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Table of Contents

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

She's the Worst

Mr. Gimble

Shattered Cherubs

You Killed it Tonight

The Black Cat's Meow

About the Author

She’s the Worst

I saw her glide through the sliding doors. Ugh. Her cart didn’t even squeak. I bet she never once got the squeaky cart.

Jesus fucking Christ, I whispered to the bell peppers. I didn’t have the emotional capacity to talk to her. In fact, I'd never once had the capacity to hear about her life - and if I knew Catherine, she really loved to talk about her life.

I grabbed my basket and power walked