98 Wounds

"A gay, punk-rock Chinese American in the age of AIDS, Chin confronts all manner of hypocrisy."—*San Francisco Chronicle*

Through intertwined short stories, *98 Wounds* dissects the inexorable dualities present in every moment that matters: pleasure and pain, contentment and longing, mercy and brutality, living and dying. In between all this, solace, understanding, and occasional regret — if not resolution — can be found. *98 Wounds* takes the reader on a defiant road trip beset with contrition potholes and agitation detours to a place where absurdity and horror feed on each other. In *98 Wounds*, either we are all damned, or we are all saved: a sentiment that speaks to all cultures in these uncertain times.

Award-winning writer **Justin Chin **is the author of six books, including *Bite Hard *(Manic D Press) and *Mongrel* (St. Martin's Press). His works have been widely anthologized. Born in Malaysia, raised and educated in Singapore, shipped to the United States by way of Hawaii, he currently lives in San Francisco, California.