Preston Allen's stories explore the boundary between boy and man, church and smut shack in spare, deadpan prose.

All that homicide detective M Gantry needs in order to solve the most gruesome murders in Miami history is the answer to a simple question. Who is the cigarette

The stories here document the way we live our days now, very often alone and in dire straits. The stories were chosen for their beguiling voices, their vivid se

P, a school bus driver and family man with a growing gambling habit, finds his life spinning out of control as he struggles to keep up with his escalating addic

“James Baldwin meets Aldous Huxley” in this “highly original” speculative fable (Chicago Tribune). Nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fict