In Reconstruction Award-winning writer and musician Johnson digs into the lives of those trodden underfoot by the powers that be: from the lives of vampires and those caught in their circle in Hawai'i to a taxonomy of anger put together by Union soldiers in the American Civil War, these stories will grab you and not let you go.

Alaya Dawn Johnson is the author of seven novels, including the National Book Award longlisted The Summer Prince and the Norton Award winner Love is the Drug. She received the Nebula award for her story "A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i," and has been a finalist or shortlisted for the Nebula, Sturgeon, and Carl Brandon awards. She lives in Mexico City.