The Things I Love Will Kill Me Yet

Escape. Lust. Revenge. Rob Pierce writes with an understanding of the darkness in the hearts of people who’ve been struck and need to strike back. From gun dealers to murderers to the simply self-destructive, The Things I Love Will Kill Me Yet is filled with stories of men and women whose dreams can never take them out of their realities. "Rob Pierce isn't scared to ask the hard questions. Instead he throws them out like loose change, sits back and watches the masses scuffle, as he enjoys another beer on your dime. Like your weird, creepy uncle who gets soused every Thanksgiving, he's offensive and makes your politically correct girlfriend cringe, but, damn if he doesn't speak the truth." -- Joe Clifford, Lamentation and December Boys "In Rob Pierce’s brilliant collection of stories, The Things I Love Will Kill Me Yet, we witness a parade of losers who seem to float through the swimming pool of life without ever having mastered the skill of swimming and keep exhibiting surprise when they end up in the deep end and learn the lifeguard is on his break." -- Les Edgerton, The Rapist, The Bitch, The Genuine Imitation Plastic Kidnapping "Rob Pierce writes about low-class losers, despondent desperadoes, alcoholic angst, and blue collar blues with such authentic empathy that one assumes he is writing from his own experience." -- Will Viharo, author of The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection and The Vic Valentine Classic Case Files "Hard drinking, hard hitting and hard luck. Rob Pierce comes out swinging in this impressive collection filled with desperate people making bad decisions for all the wrong reasons. Every one of these stories lands like a punch to the gut." -- S.W. Lauden, Bad Citizen Corporation