SLICE OF LIFE, a surprising potpourri of literary short stories, is rooted by intriguing characters and soul-searching plot twists cleverly and believably crafted. You'll meet Leonardo, a naive young musician, confronted and confused by a charming older woman in a San Francisco jazz club. Alison and her two sisters, on a New Hampshire reunion hike, attacked by a roving black bear. A bickering senior couple who gets lost while driving at night on a Florida back road. Warren Duphiney, a shy professional photographer who meets a beautiful young woman running in the park...Jess Carter attempting a daring rescue of a TV newswoman trapped in Pennsylvania coal mine...Lyle Baker , a young veteran who returns to his surprised North Texas hometown many years after the war...and many more personalities who can help but stimulate and satisfy. Gene Hull is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with additional studies at Fairfield University, Juilliard and the Creative Writing Program of Florida International University. Slice of Life is his third book.