The Rise Fall Of The Scandamerican Domestic Stories

"Christopher Merkner is a Shirley Jackson for the contemporary Midwest, where the ties of family and community intersect darkly with suburban Amerifcan life. In these stories, a enraged village gaslights unsuspecting vacationers and a young man delays an impending confession ... a substantial reminder that the two weirdest and most disturbing places in the galaxy are the mind and the home"--Back cover.