Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press / Ohio University Press, (2007). First edition - The author's award-winning first collection of short stories. "Inmates, their families, parolees, and prison workers are the subjects of this gritty, compelling collection that reveals a parallel world most readers are fortunate to have avoided encountering. It puts a human face on violence, hardship, and suffering in the name of justice, making them that much harder to ignore."(The Story Prize) Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-804010994.