“With so much tepid and sentimental fiction coming out of our community, John Wynne’s stories in The Other World are like a plunge in cold water. With a near-Brechtian intensity of focus and an infallible ear for dialogue, Wynne casts a laser eye on the things we say, so different from what we mean. People on the edge, the margins of love…a book to handle with asbestos gloves, but well worth the walk through the fire.”
-Paul Monette


“The other world John Wynne describes in the stories is terrifying. And it is breathtakingly, horribly recognizable as ours. This is an incredibly powerful book.” –Rebecca Brown

John Wynne is the author of Crime Wave, a novel, and The Sightings, a chapbook. His work has appeared in the Paris Review, American Poetry Review, and High Risk 2. He lives in New York City.