THE QUIET MANHe takes his time walking to his favorite coffee shop. It had been one of those days and he just needed a minute to catch his breath. Things will be fine, he told himself. Somehow through it all, he knew things would fine. Not today. Someday though. Just not today. He gathers his wits and opens the door to the little place. It's clean and comfortable and he scans the space looking for table that's out of the way and that will let him work and be invisible. He's begun to treasure this little bit of time where he can fade into background. The young guy behind the counter makes his latte and calls out his name. And no eye contact is made from either one... which is fine. Looking someone in the eye might be too telling. He doesn't realize that the kids that run the shop have nicknamed him "the quiet guy". He's there most days and says very little and after a while disappears. Almost like a ghost you see out of the corner of your eye and then he's gone...So begins the new collection of short stories from Richard Randall, the author of "one hundred little men". "The Quiet Man" is a group of tales with humor, horror and having the courage to face the future.