Dreams of Dead Women's Handbags

In stories as intriguing as their title-"Pink Cigarettes," "Electric Blue Damsels,""Other People's Bathrobes"-Mackay demonstrates her uncanny ability to expose the menace of everyday life with humor and haunting accuracy. Harnessing Mackay's darkly comic vision, an astonshing originality, and vibrant prose, these remarkable short works provide "novel-worthy dimensions in a few pages" (The New York Times Book Review). "American readers new to Mackay's stories," said Publishers Weekly, "have something really special waiting for them."