Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first book, a collection of eight short stories, each focused on characters who range from the tragically outcast to the downright grotesque. Alice McDermot called them "disturbing, graphic and beautifully written." A title in the Sewanee Writers' Series. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-879519258.