An unstable homeowner exacting revenge on his mortgage lender, an alcoholic clown coming back from the dead to haunt a family, a roulette addicted oil mogul meeting a mysterious woman during the destructive peak hours of Hurricane Sandy. The honest, emotionally damaged characters in David Wesley's short story collection, pursue pleasure through self-destructive addictions to mask their pain. Prone to anger and violence, they are pushed to a psychological breaking point as they struggle to belong in a seemingly unfair world with growing inequality.
