<p><b>Shortlisted for the 2010 DanutaGleed Award for ShortFiction!</b><br></p><p><i>Crisp</i> confronts theunspeakable parts of memory, meditating on characters caught in isolation andstruggling to make sense of grief, disappointment, and the occasional dinnerparty gone wrong. Along the way, these characters don’t always make sounddecisions: a grieving widow pursues a priest, an unhappy wife whittles herhusband to bits, and a melancholic man has a one-night stand with a whaletrainer. In his debut short story collection R.W. Gray uncovers human reactionsto loneliness and unrest through tales about relationships, secrets, and alonging to connect.</p><p><b>Shortlisted for the 2010 DanutaGleed Award for ShortFiction!</b><br></p><p><i>Crisp</i> confronts theunspeakable parts of memory, meditating on characters caught in isolation andstruggling to make sense of grief, disappointment, and the occasional dinnerparty gone wrong. Along the way, these characters don’t always make sounddecisions: a grieving widow pursues a priest, an unhappy wife whittles herhusband to bits, and a melancholic man has a one-night stand with a whaletrainer. In his debut short story collection R.W. Gray uncovers human reactionsto loneliness and unrest through tales about relationships, secrets, and alonging to connect.</p>