Dreidel Theory

From the author of Made in America and The Bastard of Taylor's End comes a tense, psychological vignette about guilt, control, and the cages we build to avoid what matters most.A former middleweight vanishes into Marrow's Point, a borough that doesn't appear on most maps. There he descends into The Verge, an underground fight circuit run by Eldridge, a wealthy and eccentric impresario. His plan is simple: win, climb, and rob the man blind.But someone keeps calling. It's the same blocked number, every day, and he doesn't answer.The fights get worse. The borough stops making sense. Time skips, and the phone keeps ringing. By the time he finally picks up, he's no longer sure what he's been running toward—or what he's been running from.