The stories in Subterranean Living explore how life’s most transformative events can happen at times of quiet acquiescence. In settings as varied as an abandoned coal camp in West Virginia to a private island off the coast of Florida to the sidewalks of San Francisco, the disparate characters in this collection all encounter moments of profound personal change. A gumbo laced with lament and humor, Subterranean Living asks one to rethink the fundamental value of small, everyday decisions.