Jigs and Tales of Bawdry, Mark Will’s first collection of short fiction, is an irreverent commentary on contemporary American life, from the Reagan era to the post-9/11 present. Alternating third- and first-person narratives offer skewed perspectives on work, divorce, religion, politics, and education, with a salutary admixture of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll. Nostalgic, sarcastic, crude, and occasionally transgressive, the 13 stories included herein will provoke a variety of reactions.