<p><b>Short, punchy, visceral stories</b></p><p>A bush party leads to self-immolation. A cab ride ends in warfare. A squirrel is eviscerated. A universally impossible dare is accepted and proves not to be fatal. The weird kid triumphs. The stories in H.B. Hogan’s debut collection sizzle like butter on hot cast iron-they’re rich and dark and full of scrappy, sordid and sparkling humanity.</p><p>'[A] darkly entertaining debut collection.'<b>—<i>Toronto Star</i></b></p><p><i>'This Keeps Happening</i> is an impressive debut, one that will leave you laughing, cringing, looking off into space uncomfortably, then turning the page once again.'<b>—<i>Broken Pencil</i></b></p>