Everyday fairy tales evoke wonder By CHARLES MAY Special to the Journal Sentinel Sunday, March 17, 2002 When a 34-year-old man becomes obsessed with an 18-month-old girl for whom he is baby-sitting, the reader, accustomed to shock stories "ripped from the headlines," may initially feel uneasy. Kevin Brockmeier's "These Hands," the opening story of his debut collection, has no such horrors lurking in its lyrical language. If the man were the girl's father and the word "love" were used instead of "obsessed," the reader would smile. So why can't a man, even though he is not the parent, ideal...
