Want, Wound

"The people we meet in these pieces shine a light on our own dark places, our thoughts, secrets and scars. Even the shortest stories lash the reader’s heart, set us thinking, reminding us to live, to feel, to keep growing. The writing is fluid and lyrical, bursting with expression in the most subtle yet poignant ways. Every story start snares us, just as every ending sticks its landing. What we have here is not only beautiful word play, but layered meanings entwined with a kind of literary silk, giving us the best that language has to offer. Read these stories slowly. Read them again. Just see if you’re not stunned."

~Len Kuntz is an editor at the online literary magazine Metazen and his story collection “I’m Not Supposed To Be Here And Neither Are You” debuts from Aqueous Books in 2014. Over 700 of his stories appear in print or online.