New York, NY: Grove Press (2002)

First Edition. Signed.

Near fine in dust jacket.

A debut anthology of short fiction explores the relationships between young men and women in a cynical era in such works as "Valentino," "Geek Player, Love Slayer," and the title story, about an El Paso newspaper clerk assigned to review heavy metal concerts whose attraction to the music fuels a life-altering love affair with a Chicana woman. A first collection.