SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 DIAVAZO LITERARY AWARD
The three stories comprising the book Haircuts were written in the order they appear. The sequence is anything but random: although standalone, a careful look will reveal the stories’ hidden evolutionary logic, shared consistency, and underlying dramatic tension, which climaxes in the very last chapter. The three main characters – amputated, self-destructing souls left to wilt, relive and reproduce their pain – are gradually unveiled as the repulsive creatures that they are…