Glow in the Dark
by Lisa Teasley

“[Lisa Teasley] lights up the plunge into the abyss that can result from knowing people far too well.”―Greg Tate, Village Voice

Lost souls, the disenfranchised, the destitute: these are the denizens of Lisa Teasley’s stories. There’s Magda, the drug-addicted surfer chick, Gita, who juggles sexual relationships, and Boogie, an overweight ten-year-old. Teasley follows her characters deep into the mire. “Baker” emerged from the 1997 rape and murder of a seven-year-old in a Nevada casino. In “Holiday Confessional,” a character flees after witnessing a crime to then share the secret with two strangers in a bar. Set in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Baja, Lisa Teasley’s stories illuminate society’s darker side.

“Teasley writes with a daring and original voice…Glow in the Dark is an unusually assured first story collection, and Lisa Teasley deserves high praise for giving the American short story an honest and original shot in the arm.” —San Francisco Chronicle