Twin Study

In the sense that all stories have been written before a truly startling piece of fiction may be the greatest literary feat possible. Enter Stacey Richter a virtuoso contender for that very prize whose offbeat characters manage to toe the line between eccentricity and banal daily life. Each story is organized around a pair of characters and these characters are permitted to reach their full bizarre potential against mundane backdrops. The result is fiction that drives toward a place of surreal revelation in these sometimes disturbing often funny short pieces. In Twin Study Richter beautifully captures albeit through unlikely exemplars the essential experience of humanity.