Caleb Ross

"These stories change you, and not just a little bit. Try to forget them, tell yourself they're not true, but it's no use. Whether you want them to or not, they're going with you."

--Stephen Graham Jones, author of Demon Theory and Ledfeather (FC2)

"Evoking a novel by Chuck Palahniuk or a film by Darren Aronofsky, Charactered Pieces is a multifarious patchwork of despair...This collection is among the most profound and disturbing artifacts of our time."

--Daniel Casebeer, editor of Pear Noir!

"Ross claims that his characters are not drawn from real people and yet these stories sound eerily similar to my own life. Chances are you'll find yourself in here, too. Wicked, weird, and wonderful."

--Tim Hall, author of How America Died

"...I'm always looking for the scene, the character, the story I haven't read a thousand times over and over. Something with the spark of originality and the courage to be different. When I see that something new, it's always a joy. And, thanks to Caleb Ross and his STRANGER WILL, I had those moments of joy repeatedly throughout the book. This is an original—unlike anything you've ever read before. "

--Rob Roberge, author of More Than They Could Chew (HarperCollins) and Drive (Hollyridge Press)

"More nihilistic than a chainsaw-wielding midget who wants to be the tallest man on Earth."

--Bradley Sands, author of It Came From Below the Belt and editor of Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens

“A stirring novel, this extraordinary work plays upon the reader's willingness to suspend disbelief and turns it on its ear...Covering ground similar to the works of Sherman Alexie and Chuck Palahniuk, this is an author worth keeping an eye on.”

--Publishers Weekly

"Brilliant...one of the most amazing fiction concepts I've ever read."

--Rayo Casablanca, author of 6 Sick Hipsters (Kensington)

"In Torch, Caleb J. Ross writes fearlessly, never shying away from the wild, insane places where his fertile imagination leads him. The first half a twisted take on small-town aimlessness, the second half the American road novel from hell, the book is ultimately a darkly comedic evaluation of a generation of motherless men."

--Joey Goebel, author of Torture the Artist and Commonwealth (MacAdam/Cage)

“[Caleb] is gifted, in that his characters exhibit grotesqueries that somehow seem encoded with the same flaws of the world they inhabit, as if they are not constructs, but victims: the fruits of a tree growing upside down.”

--Jason Kane, Oxyfication.net