Breathe At Every Other Stroke

Life is suspended for the characters in this striking debut collection. Frozen with loss, numbed by the drudgery of routine, stalked by ghosts, or scared by their own violence, they hunker down and wait--for the return of sanity, new love, bloody revenge, self-control, or just enough courage to take one small risk.

Distinguished by psychological acuity and nuanced prose, each of these dozen storie...