Lucy di Sartoria

Her marriage to a prominent New York artist put Lucy on a trophy shelf---and she liked the view at first. Yet now, embroiled in an affair with a brash real estate developer, Lucy finds her days and nights more and more hollow. The joy of sexual conquest has drained out of her life, leaving her with questions. Why this hollowness? Is there something beyond her husband's pettiness and vanity? Though Lucy has spent years reaching and acquiring, has she been wanting the wrong things all along?

A story (of 7000 words) from E. Thomas Finan's The Other Side, a new collection of short stories, "Lucy di Sartoria" is a tale of adultery and art that plumbs the depths of a heart filled with cynicism, despair, and, deep inside, a tattered yearning.

E. THOMAS FINAN is the author of The Other Side and the short play "Reunion." He teaches at the University of Miami. He can be found on the web at ethomasfinan.com and at facebook.com/ethomasfinan.