A relationship ends in the space between [ ]. Abe Lincoln and Edgar Allan Poe Two stroll the river in the afterlife, debating a second death. Two boys navigate jazz, baseball, and growing up in the second between the pitch and the swing. And a man from Living Dangerously sets off across the ocean on a pile of lobster traps, seeking the truth of the
Praise for Colin Fleming
"Colin Fleming's stories exhibit many of the qualities that have distinguished his criticism: namely, a fierce but disciplined intelligence, a singular view of society-and, sometimes, those who live in isolation from mainstream society-and a well-earned and convincing compassion. All of this, in a debut collection of stories written in eloquent prose, at once vivid, hypnotically precise, and always bursting with energy."
-Richard Burgin, Boulevard, and five-time Pushcart winner
"Colin Fleming is a thoughtful and provocative maker of stories. Singular, he refuses to assimilate to any of the easy available trends. He can break into any life and find surprises-sudden moral convulsions, paradoxical resolutions. The characters have broad expressive range, and when they interact anything can-and does-happen. Fleming is a writer to stake out and shadow-to see where he goes, who he meets, where he gets his news."
-Sven Birkerts , editor of Agni
