“We’re all recovering from something. We are what we’ve done, and there’s no going back,” explains protagonist Bags. “The only story we get to write is the one we choose to live in the next moment of our lives.”

“Like Bags, writing helps me find the stuff that matters by guiding me into the messiness beyond the voice in my head and giving me words to describe what I find there,” said author Magluilo.

Magluilo is a writer and recovering finance professional, father of three and husband of one, and lives in Cornwall. He enjoys clean living and dirty jokes and loves old dogs and small gestures. Magluilo’s work has appeared in Zig Zag Lit Mag, Cold Lake Anthology, and Flash Fiction Magazine. Follow Magluilo at MikeMagluilo.com.

“A Reason to Run” will be on sale Oct. 3, and is available for preorder now through The Vermont Book Shop in downtown Middlebury.