Tender Hoof

<p>From the author of the flash fiction chapbook <em>A Bright and Pleading Dagger</em> comes the debut story collection <em>Tender Hoof: Stories</em>. In these pages Rivas compactly merges the brutal with the surreal blurring the line between safety and danger sinner and saint. Twin girls accept a strange man's invitation; a young author's purported reincarnation leads to fame and misfortune; a lone bicyclist cycles her way through a lifetime of peril; not even a fairytale can save children from the flaws of their parents. With blade-sharp prose Rivas creates a profound cast of characters that generate momentum till the very last page.</p>