BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Sorry For Your Trouble’ and ‘Mainely Fear: A Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery’ A new short story collection from Richard Ford and Matt Cost’s second volume in a mystery trilogy By Bill Bushnell SORRY FOR YOUR TROUBLE An unknown pundit once wrote: “A relationship is what happens between two people who are waiting for something better to come along.” If that is even half true, then the characters in Richard Ford’s latest short story collection will be waiting a long time. Ford is a well-known Maine writer, lives in East Boothbay, the best-selling author of eight novels and six short-story volumes, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for literature (“Independence Day” in 1995). “Sorry For Your Trouble” contains seven short stories and one novella, all dealing with flawed relationships as men and women grasp for meaning and connection — and all are disappointed.