Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride. Most religions agree with Christians that these are the Seven Deadly Sins. Most also agree that the deadliest of the Seven is Pride or, as the Greeks called it, hubris, since it feeds most others. Hence, “To master the pride of defiant selfhood,” preached Buddha, “that in truth is the highest bliss.”
The author is a Pushcart Fiction Prize nominee, and has been a finalist for the Faulkner Award, Chicago Tribune Nelson Algren, America’s Best, Narrative, Glimmer Train, Helicon Nine, and Heekin Graywolf Fellowship. His current short fiction appears in The Evergreen Review, Cortland Review, The Morning Newes, Scholars & Rogues, and Inkwell.
