Peter Cameron is the author of six novels including Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You and The City of Your Final Destination and several collections of short stories. He lives in New York City and Vermont.
Fiction
Autumn 1987
The Secret Dog
When my wife, Miranda, finally falls asleep, I get out of bed and stand for a moment in the darkness, making sure she won’t wake up. Then I go downstairs […]
Fiction
Winter 1986
Freddie’s Haircut
“What is it about your life you don’t like? What is it you want to change?” Drew, Freddie’s roommate, was in the bathroom, talking to Joan, the cat. Freddie went […]
Fiction
Spring 1985
Excerpts from Swan Lake
What is that called again?” my grandmother asks, nodding at my lover’s wok. “A wok,” I say. “A wok,” my grandmother repeats. The word sounds strange coming out of her […]
Weekend Reads
Freddie’s Haircut
From The Kenyon Review, New Series, Winter 1986, Vol. 8, No.1 What is it about your life you don’t like? What is it you want to change?” Drew, Freddie’s roommate, […]