Fifty VERY short stories. Cheerful, but not saccharine. A great respite from troubling times. Inspired by Tolstoy, Salinger, and Lydia Davis, these stories try to make the most of the present. Existential uncertainties are explored; the consistent goal is to find a way to optimism. This eclectic collection contains clouds and journeys and dogs and confused people and every season and a big gamble and… a leaping ocelot! The world can sometimes seem pretty bleak; Short Happy Stories is a book for anyone who wants to read fiction that is uniquely uplifting.