Three novellas from humorist Richard Vadim: The Marrying Kind engages three generations in a classically screwball romance. All I Want for Christmas brews chance meetings and mistaken identities into a charming Christmas romance, family style, with all the trimmings. In The Phenom, a young athlete's surprising triumphs in multiple sports and his mysterious disappearance with a girl is recounted with the authentic voice of a sportscaster insider.