Absolute awesome collection of five short, very different stories, each packing its own punch. "Wish" and "Penance" are definitely the standouts, but there isn't a stinker in the bunch.

Honestly, if you haven't checked out Knott's stuff, this is the perfect place to onboard. He has a wonderful style of writing that easily captures very common, very realistic characters, then he drops them in his various black holes of horror.

But I have to say, from the very humble beginning of the first story, Wish, it just blows up into this cosmic mind-blowing story with some of the best writing I've ever read, period. Why Knott hasn't been snapped up by a major publisher, I'll never understand.

Read this.