I Held My Breath as Long as I Could

Featuring the award-winning dark short story "The Field," about murder and consequence, which took first place in the 2002 Spring Contest Issue of The Harvard Advocate, comes a collection that bends through horror and humor, the real and the absurd, light and shadow.A detective's search for his missing partner ends in a terrifying discovery ...A road trip turns into an odyssey through hell ..A man takes self-improvement advice from a creature living in a jug of milk ...A Vice President in a law firm cleans up an unsightly mess ...An auction is held for a painting that may be a window into another world ...A man is harassed by monsters in his radiator, who threaten dire consequences if he doesn't convince his roommate to move out ...A man struggles with his desire to relieve himself and his aversion to Interstate restrooms ...A stranger visits Mabel's Ridge ...These tales and more are all contained in this collection of 23 stories of the horrific, the absurd, the heartbreaking, the literary, and the bizarre.Recommended for readers who enjoy the stories of Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker, and Stephen King.

About the Author

Kristopher Kelly grew up in Lincoln, Maine, a small mill town forty miles north of Bangor. His writing has appeared in The Harvard Advocate and appeared on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Vignettes from the End of the World, and Bizarrocast. He currently lives in New York City, where he works as a librarian.

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