Publisher's Synopsis
RED SPIKES - ten staps to the heart. Ten tales to jab and poke - at your darkest fears, your secret desires. Margo Lanagan's short stories take place in worlds not quite our own, and yet each one illuminates wahat it is to be human. They are stories of yearning for more, and learning to live with what you have. Stories that show the imprint love leaves on us all. For anyone who likes to be surprised, touched,unsettled, intrigued, or scared, prepare to be dazzled by waht a master storyteller can do in a few short pages.