title: Twin Souls
author: Rachin, Barry
description: Beatrice Goldberg doesn't much like Hispanics, biker broads, Franciscan monks, skinheads, or even salt-of-the-earth blue collar types, but she is going to get a double dose of each, when she visits Our Lady of La Salette Shrine in Attleboro, Massachusetts.Kendra Ryder, the eccentric, gray-haired neighbor who lives up the street, just gave fifteen-year-old Frankie Dexter a slab of fresh-cut tulipwood along with the advice, "When you’re upset, just scuff the wood with 120-grit sandpaper, grab a whiff and you're guaranteed to feel a whole lot better!”The five levels of gifted intelligence range from bright to profoundly gifted. One in every thirty thousand is 'exceptional', which makes Curtis Stedman, the ditsy, part-time dishwasher at Nagel’s Bagels, one smart cookie!Twin Souls is a collection of quirky, short stories about people trying to make a go of it in a decidedly user-unfriendly universe.