内容简介：
From the claustrophobic dreams and interminable drudgery of a worker in the not too distant future to a young man's fantasies about a sexy convicted killer, the stories in Thoughts and Second Thoughts portray people caught up with both themselves and their situations, sometimes of their own making and sometimes not, but caught nonetheless. Influenced by an eclectic literary heritage, Barry Clapsaddle describes, among other stories, the indelible antics of some oddball street cops and the vagaries of modern warfare with equal insight and intensity. Combining experiences and creativity, the vignettes in this collection offer glimpses into and raise questions about life and death and the struggles in between, in settings that gradually fade into their own, often roughhewn backgrounds, but told always with the quick wink and nod of a crafted storyteller.