Despots of Deseret — Johnny Townsend

In this collection of Mormon short stories, an uncle awaits word on his niece caught up in the 2004 tsunami. A stake president threatens to revoke a couple's temple marriage. An elderly woman breaks her hip and struggles desperately to reach the phone. Conflict over finances arises in an interracial marriage. An anti-Mormon mob threatens a church outing. A virginal gay man takes out a contract on his own life to protect his virtue.