"Not only impeccably written but surprising . . . we are all Fox's people."

-Windy City Reviews

"Steve Fox has a particular talent for exploring human connections, how actions both big and small affect a neighbor, a stranger, a loved one. His sharply rendered lives bleed into one another-sometimes gracefully, sometimes painfully, but always with a frank beauty that rings true."

-Wisconsin Writers Association

"With stunning honesty and surprising tenderness, these stories illuminate how isolation and belonging can exist simultaneously, and how the search for meaning persists even in lives that seem predestined."

-Kimberly King Parsons, National Book Award Finalist, author of We Were the Universe

"This book is a reader's dream, and a true gourmet meal of story, too."

-Amber Sparks, author of Happy People Don't Live Here

"Fast-paced and vivid prose . . . intimate and psychologically acute."

-Ghassan Zeineddine, author of Dearborn: Stories

"Clever, insightful, and thought-provoking."

-Sean Patrick Little, author of the Abe & Duff Mysteries

"Grabs you and doesn't let go."

-Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker Award Finalist

"Fox's stories move with great energy and grace."

-Matt Cashion, author of Our 13th Divorce

"Like finding lost treasure under the sea."

-Nikki Kallio, author of Finding the Bones

"Fox's people become ours, become us."

-Amy Cipolla Barnes, author of Child Craft

"Tender yet chilling . . . eviscerating."

-Jeff Esterholm, author of The Effects of Urban Renewal On Mid-Century America & Other Crime Stories

"Nuanced and thought-provoking."

-Michael Hopkins, author of Never Stop Exiting

"Fox is a master of the short story, plunging us into the lives of his characters who are as noble as they are flawed."

-Kim Suhr, author of Close Call

"Steve Fox's stories brim with imagination."

-Manfred Gabriel, author of The Correct Response