11 stories about what people do when they leave normality behind, driven by desperation, revenge, fear, or simple bad luck. It’s a world of perps dodging trial and other people drawn into unexpected deeds of violence. Tidmore offers them to us with empathy, irony, a keen ear for how these people speak, and a fine sense of punchy wording.

"Tidmore's flair for character lends the voices a Faulknerian quality, both dreamlike and gritty." Judyth Rigler, San Antonio Sunday Express-News