The Brightness Index

A short collection of stories that take place in the wondrous desert city of Tucson.

"...Grace Mattioli gives her short stories little twists to make seemingly-predictable plots turn into exceptional reads through a character's gritty determination to rise above their circumstances...All these stories offer food for thought, and all are bound together by positive human contact. Set against an Arizona backdrop, they're gems of interpersonal relationships that illustrate how "stuck" people become unstuck and change." D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review