Abby Frucht’s first collection of stories, Fruit of the Month, won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize nearly two decades ago. Since then, she has published five novels, and for fifteen years has served as mentor and advisor at Vermont College of Fine Arts. “McGuffy’s Third Eclectic Reader” is one of a trio of “Saint Veronica Stories,” and other of her stories can be seen at Narrative, Gargoyle, New Letters, and other magazines. You may visit her at www.abbyfrucht.net.