"A beautifully-written ride through America's inner darkness." -- Roger Hobbs, author of Ghostman " With Love and Other Wounds , Jordan Harper achieves the rarest of literary feats: an economy of language that manages to both concentrate and expand. His starkly beautiful take on the wide-eyed and downtrodden stabs at the heart of the American Dream." -- Joe Clifford, author of Junkie Love and Lamentation "Jordan Harper is one of the best short story writers of this generation." -- Todd Robinson "Each one of the stories in Harper's slim debut collection goes off like a shotgun blast of crime fiction tropes. the entire collection is a tight, tough parcel of pulpy, high-octane tales." -- Publishers Weekly "Raw, gritty, and unsettling. VERDICT: As he runs, John's mouth 'felt full of hot pennies,' and every story here is a hot penny worth much more.

For fans of Cormac McCarthy, Daniel Woodrell, and Bruce Machart." -- Library Journal "Bottom-line survival competes hard against issues of loyalty, friendship, and family in this disturbing, sometimes-ugly version of reality." -- Kirkus Reviews "With his first collection of short stories, Love and Other Wounds, Missouri-native Jordan Harper kicks the door of crime fiction off its splintered frame." -- Publishers Weekly "What sets Harper apart is his ability to deliver genuine literary epiphanies.Harper delivers tension, action, black humor, sex, and violence-but, above all, characters we quickly know, understand, and still remember even after their brains have painted the walls." -- Booklist "His words hit with the impact of a shotgun blast and tear at any sense of security like an angry Rottweiler." -- Los Angeles Magazine "[A] young writer that will probably only remain under the radar for a short time. Jordan Harper's Love and Other Wounds hits you like the smooth burn of a shot of whiskey, awakens your senses, and is an all-around, visceral tour de force.

" -- Huffington Post "Harper brings his own skewed eye and ear to what he calls 'that country-grit subculture'. Harper's stories are relentlessly violent, but he seasons the violence with compassion for his characters' fates." -- Shelf Awareness "To be blunt, there really isn't a misstep in the entire bunch." -- Lit Reactor A gritty collection of short stories about people with murder on their minds. Why we're reading: Harper's unforgettable characters, who include a jewel thief, a Hollywood fixer, and a man who escapes his own grave." -- Esquire.com.