Incident on Ten-Right Road

From the critically acclaimed author of the best-selling Ryan DeMarco Mystery series comes this collection of crime novellas and stories, Randall Silvis's first collection since his The Luckiest Man in the World was awarded the 1984 Drue Heinz Literature Prize by Joyce Carol Oates. Ranging in length from 100 words to the title novella—a Ryan DeMarco series prequel—these brilliantly crafted stories once again showcase the author's compelling storytelling coupled with the deep characterization and exquisite prose for which he is known. Murderers, pedophiles, and other unsavory characters people these stories, but so too do those struggling to make the world a kinder and less dangerous place. Praised by the New York Times Book Review as "a masterful storyteller," Silvis once again demonstrates that he can write short fiction as hypnotic as his novels, and with a distinctive and versatile voice that marks him as one of the best writers at work today. "Randall Silvis is consistently innovative, daring, and visionary. He is not only this country's most pitch-perfect stylist, but also one of our most original and most important writers. I have never met another writer as prodigiously talented. Silvis's work expresses a craftsmanship and depth of thought way beyond the reach of most modern writers. He may be the last of a dying species, the creative genius." William Allen, director emeritus of the Ohio State University Creative Writing Program and author of the bestselling biography Starkweather: Portrait of a Mass Murderer.