“Imaginative, empathic, brave and beautifully told, these are astonishing and transcendent stories.”

“These are tales that blur the lines between the tough emotional interiors of noir and the free-flowing obliqueness of a writer like Samuel Beckett.”

“If you haven’t yet heard of Allen, you will…Allen’s first calling was verse, and his considerable poetic gifts of observance and language help keep aloft stories that might crash and burn in lesser hands". —Paste

“Engaging, intriguing, and poetic.”

“Subtly otherworldly, each tale is electric with the rising tension that proceeds stormy weather; each tale is a veritable boxing match, as characters trapped in impossible situations feint, jab, and retreat.”

“Allen delivers striking prose.”