The Sudden Flight Of Mr. Banks

This short story is based on a song lyric. It follows a character through a few weeks during late summer as he considers and reconsiders his world and his place in it.
"Rick Sanford’s compelling story, The Sudden Flight of Mr. Banks, begins as a rather gloomy tale of a mysterious Englishman (we never learn his given name) whose life seems to be stuck in an unchanging pattern. Sanford's story is beautifully written — detailed and expressive. We are drawn to Mr. Banks’ life from the beginning, and we continue to read because we need to know how his story ends. He is not disappointed, and neither is the reader."

-Ruby Ludwig