In these haunting, suspenseful stories, lost, fragile, searching characters wander between ordinary life and a psychological shadowland. They have experienced intense love or loss, grief or loneliness, displacement or disconnection and find themselves in unexpected, dire, and sometimes unfathomable situations. They exist in a place by the window late at night when the streets are empty and the world appears to be quiet. But you are up, unable to sleep. So you stay awake.
"Starred review. With this arresting collection, Chaon again demonstrates his mastery of the short story...brings readers fantastically close, slowly drawing them into the anxiety or loneliness or remorse of his characters, and building great anticipation "
Publisher's Weekly
"AudioFile Earphones Award Winner. ...one of those books that is more effective in audiobook form because of its first-rate narration...by Kirby Heyborne. He employs a calm, measured delivery to elicit that pleasurable queasy feeling in the pit of the stomach...the best of horror fiction...extraordinarily disturbing - in a good way!"
Audiofile Magazine
"These tales of the destructive fallout of fractured families offer a superbly disquieting demonstration of the uneasy power of horror fiction."
