Crisp

Shortlisted for the 2010 Danuta
Gleed Award for Short
Fiction!

Crisp confronts the
unspeakable parts of memory, meditating on characters caught in isolation and
struggling to make sense of grief, disappointment, and the occasional dinner
party gone wrong. Along the way, these characters don’t always make sound
decisions: a grieving widow pursues a priest, an unhappy wife whittles her
husband to bits, and a melancholic man has a one-night stand with a whale
trainer. In his debut short story collection R.W. Gray uncovers human reactions
to loneliness and unrest through tales about relationships, secrets, and a
longing to connect.