Monette's diverse collection delves deeply into the mythic and reaches far beyond everyday reality. Readers cannot resist journeying with her into realmsdangerously dark or illuminatingly revelatorythey could never imagine without her as their guide. From ghost stories in the tradition of M. R. James to darkly poetic tales to moving fictional examinations of the most basic of human emotionfear, love, hate, lonelinessMonette's pen produces stories that are invariably unforgettable . . .