Assisted Living, by Roberto Ontiveros

From the introduction by John Dixon:

"These original stories manifest like a film you've seen before but can't place, because these stories have a universality, particularly for those of us who made it difficult all by ourselves just growing up a young adult in the last fifth of the 20th century."

Stories:

Love and Rickets

Speaking ill of the read

Sometimes a Great Potion

Grift Economy

The Rag Dolls of Pompeii

Assisted Living

The City of Crow

Night Girl

Posse Comatosis

Bugs Bernie

Advent Alley