The short fictions collected in "Public Works" explore the extremes of human nature and literary technique.
Christopher Grimes has published short fiction in journals as diverse as the Western Humanities Review, You Are Here: the journal of creative geography, Reed Magazine, Cream City Review, First Intensity, and the hyper-textual/paper book publisher Emergency Press. He is recipient of a Mark Twain Award for short fiction and several Pushcart nominations. He currently teaches creative writing at University of Louisiana, Lafayette.