An old woman rocks on a derelict porch, waiting to be seen ? because being seen is the only thing keeping her from disappearing entirely. A husband feels something watching from the dark, certain it's nothing, certain he's wrong. A house full of covered mirrors hides a family secret that reaches back through the glass. Across this collection, Caselberg returns again and again to the same quiet dread: the weight of being watched, and the greater terror of not being seen at all.

The Side Eye gathers thirty-two previously scattered stories and poems ? published across two decades in venues from Interzone to The Literary Hatchet ? into one volume for the first time. Ghosts, ordinary grief, quiet transformations, and the corner-of-the-eye things that don't stay in the corner. Stories that watch you back.

Jay Caselberg is an Australian author and poet whose work has appeared around the world and been translated into several languages. From time to time, it gets shortlisted for awards. He currently resides in Germany.