As entertaining as they are insightful, the stories in The Path of Most Resistance are anchored by the concept of passive aggression in our everyday lives: ordinary people who are quietly, desperately, and indirectly trying to impose their will on the uncaring world around them. From a woman who compulsively shops for luggage in order to sublimate her desire for a divorce to a senior citizen who tries to force his family to visit by refusing to eat, the characters in this collection try to change their lives through oblique resistance.

Rage -- Armenia -- Bide awhile -- Baggage -- Official rules for pool -- Snow -- The path of most resistance -- The revolution -- Collections -- Darden Place -- Farewell tour -- Three days -- Heavy load.