Peter Mountford is the author of the novels A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism and The Dismal Science. His work has appeared in Paris Review, Southern Review, the Atlantic, the Sun, and Missouri Review. He teaches at Sierra Nevada University’s MFA program, and at Hugo House, Seattle’s literary center.
July/Aug 2020
One More Night Behind the Walls
On the afternoon of the 1983 New Year’s Eve party, my father pulled me aside and told me to make sure my mother didn’t leave alone. If she seemed like […]