You'll definitely want to read Amy Grech. Her short stories get your attention like a splash of cold water in your face. She delivers gritty profiles of people caught up in the crime and seething anger of the inner city, New York at its most violent. Here you'll find five dark tales --"Rage and Redemption In Alphabet City," ."38 Special," "Cold Comfort," "Prevention," and "Hoi Polloi Cannoli" -- actually eleven if you count the literary parts. These...