Ricky

<span><p><b><span>From Whitney Collins, the award-winning author of </span><span><i>Big Bad</i></span><span>, come twenty-three new dark and derelict (and hilarious) tales about—you guessed it—love. </span></b></p><p><span>With </span><span><i>Ricky</i></span><span>, Collins applies her sharp eye, black humor, and generous heart to love stories (and the stories we tell ourselves about love). Among the wacky, tacky, lovesick, and lovelorn characters are: Ilona, the misanthropic mother and unhappy fiancé who is increasingly transfixed by a rash of local shark attacks; Imogen, the sperm bank client who cultivates the love she madly desires inside herself; and Aurora Flood, the coma survivor on a mission to plant a sacred seed from the Olive Garden. Blending elements of southern gothic, speculative fiction, and horror, </span><span><i>Ricky & Other Love Stories</i></span><span> is political and personal, bitter and sweet: ultimately, a lot like love.</span><br></p></span>