"The Dirt Chronicles is tough and tenderhearted, a beautifully-written literary ode to outlaw culture. Kristyn Dunnion's writing is fierce and funny, a truly original book of stories I hope everyone will read." —Zoe Whittall, author of Holding Still For As Long As Possible
"Kristyn Dunnion is a master of reality gore, or, gore that is far too real and vivid to read as fiction as it does in the southern Gothic stories of Flannery O’Connor or in the fantasy-horror novels of Anne Rice and Stephen King. You would be hard-pressed to find better writing, but you might not have the stomach for the stories, which make the 1995 film Kids look like The Sound of Music. …Yet Dunnion is such a superlative writer with such exquisite literary sensibilities, you’ll find yourself thrashing through the pages even as they thrash through you." —EDGE Publications
"Known for her visceral, no-holds-barred young adult and speculative fiction, Dunnion's first literary fiction book for adults is just as fierce and fascinating. These fast-moving linked stories take us deep into the lives of urban outlaws and lovable misfits." —Fashion Magazine
"Kristyn Dunnion creates a voice that is more of a howl: loud, assured, unapologetically intense, and utterly her own." —Quill and Quire
"A stand-out collection ... Dunnion envisions an underbelly in which love and friendship, while often fleeting, seem to be the only sources of nurturing in an otherwise inhospitable world." —National Post
"The Dirt Chronicles is tough and tenderhearted, a beautifully-written literary ode to outlaw culture. Kristyn Dunnion's writing is fierce and funny, a truly original book of stories I hope everyone will read." —Zoe Whittall, author of Holding Still For As Long As Possible
"Kristyn Dunnion is a master of reality gore, or, gore that is far too real and vivid to read as fiction as it does in the southern Gothic stories of Flannery O’Connor or in the fantasy-horror novels of Anne Rice and Stephen King. You would be hard-pressed to find better writing, but you might not have the stomach for the stories, which make the 1995 film Kids look like The Sound of Music. …Yet Dunnion is such a superlative writer with such exquisite literary sensibilities, you’ll find yourself thrashing through the pages even as they thrash through you." —EDGE Publications
"Known for her visceral, no-holds-barred young adult and speculative fiction, Dunnion's first literary fiction book for adults is just as fierce and fascinating. These fast-moving linked stories take us deep into the lives of urban outlaws and lovable misfits." —Fashion Magazine
"Kristyn Dunnion creates a voice that is more of a howl: loud, assured, unapologetically intense, and utterly her own." —Quill and Quire
"A stand-out collection ... Dunnion envisions an underbelly in which love and friendship, while often fleeting, seem to be the only sources of nurturing in an otherwise inhospitable world." —National Post
