The Dahlia Field assembles fourteen Short Stories, published over the past two decades, which explore the inexorable force of male-to-male attraction.  Alley is a Professor Emeritus, Literature, at the U of O https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Alley.  He is the author of four previously published novels.  “With sensitivity and deadpan humor, Alley’s luminous stories explore a wealth of characters and social types thrown into fertile combinations.” Kirkus Review.