Tiny Fish that Only Want to Kiss 

Gary Indiana

$15.00 | ISBN: 978-0-9912196-6-7 | Dec. 2016

Paperback | 290pp

A college-age hustler working New York recounts a grisly affair. Two men observe the streets of a seedy neighborhood in Bucharest. A bored grocery store bagger finds a fleeting thrill as a bystander to bloodshed...

Fourteen stories and a short novel make up Tiny Fish that Only Want to Kiss by Gary Indiana. With peculiar compassion, the fictions in this book masterfully chronicle abject subcultures of contemporary times.

  • 'A punchy array of ruminations that perfectly mirrors its title.' – Kirkus Reviews

    'Gary Indiana's new collection of short stories beguiles even as it wounds.' – Village Voice

    "Ranked among the great American novelists." – The Paris Review

    "A dark realist, a satirist...a cold transgressive eye on all that passes before a seemingly unlimited field of vision." – Lambda Literary 

    "A matter-of-fact directness that pays the reader the compliment of being treated like a confidante." – Vulture 

    "He may not be sweet, but he is never soulless." – ArtNews

    "Gary Indiana delves into the minds of his creepy, appalling characters with such probing wit and lip-smacking glee that we actually enjoy our time with these amoral monsters." – John Waters

  • Writer, filmmaker and visual artist, Gary Indiana has published over eighteen books, both fiction and nonfiction. Recently released titles include his long-awaited memoir I Can Give You Anything But Love (Rizzoli, 2015) and a second edition of his seventh novel, Do Everything in the Dark (Itna Press, 2015).