OPM Disability Retirement Help for Federal Employees: Slices & Wholes
Short stories provide a slice of life; novels, a genre which attempts to provide a picture of a greater whole, and when it falls short, will often be an opportunity to manifest a trilogy of works. But fiction never quite captures the essence of entirety, and we are left with the part, a necessary void, and a missing piece of the puzzle. Every narrative of a life is merely a portion; the microcosm rarely captures the significance of the whole. […]