BART LESSARD

Full of Days and Other Stories—Ten short stories and the novella “Full of Days.” Gangsters, a women’s shelter, night shift at a hospice, giant crustaceans, a supercentenarian serial killer, black market smut, ogres, a postapocalyptic gun culture, a clueless literary type, haute cuisine.

Black Body and Other Stories—Ten short stories and the novella “Rub-a-Dub-Dub.” A vengeful dead body, a baby fiend, an altruistic ghost hoax, the French Revolution, theme park mascots, nature lovers, human trafficking, Rat Pack–era Las Vegas, a time-travelling consciousness.

The stories in these collections, and others, are all available on the blog. It’s only beer money.