Glow in the Dark: Stories

by Lisa Teasley

"[Lisa Teasley] lights up the plunge into the abyss that can result from knowing people far too well."―Greg Tate, Village Voice

Lost souls, the disenfranchised, the these are the denizens of Lisa Teasley's stories. There's Magda, the drug-addicted surfer chick, Gita, who juggles sexual relationships, and Boogie, an overweight ten-year-old. Teasley follows her characters deep into the mire. "Baker" emerged from the 1997 rape and murder of a seven-year-old in a Nevada casino. In "Holiday Confessional," a character flees after witnessing a crime to then share the secret with two strangers in a bar. Set in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Baja, Lisa Teasley's stories illuminate society's darker side.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Lisa Teasley is the author of the novels Dive and Heat Signature, and the story collection Glow in the Dark, which won the Gold Pen and Pacificus Foundation awards. She is writer and presenter of the BBC Television documentary High School Prom. Lisa Teasley is a graduate of UCLA and a native of Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

[Kezia · Rating 4 out of 5]

How I wish some of these short stories had been longer! An excellent collection that is unusually even. I disagree about "throwaways." Each vignette and each character fairly oozes with modern meaning, most of it dark, but some of it shining, truly glowing in the dark.

[Cha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably deserves 2.5 stars. There were some good stories here, but there were also a couple of throwaways.

[Sivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good but the stories can be a little disturbing.