(READING) It's been 10 years since his last book of short stories. The new collection is called The Dead Fish Museum. Half of it is set in the Northwest, most of it was first published in the New Yorker, and every story involves either crazy people, sexy liars, or guns. In this week's book section—see p. 28—Dale Peck likens the first story to Ernest Hemingway and Flannery O'Connor holding hands. (Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. 7:30 pm, free.)